WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — The Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration’s (ABCA) Enforcement Division, alongside officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), executed Closure Orders at an unlicensed cannabis shop located at 60 Rhode Island Avenue NE.
Since the enactment of Bill 25-872, the Medical Cannabis Conditional License and Unlicensed Establishment Closure Clarification Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, on July 15, 2024, joint agency enforcement efforts have resulted in the padlocking of 34 illegal cannabis businesses. To date, ABCA has issued 43 Cease and Desist Orders and 114 written warning letters to illegal cannabis businesses that failed to apply for a medical cannabis business license during the open application period for unlicensed operators.
The shop, which operated without a trade name, was shut down due to posing a “credible and imminent danger to public health and safety,” according to ABCA…