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Cannabis Cruise: Discovering DC’s Ganjapreneurs and Pop Up Vendors

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Since Initiative 71 called for the decriminalization of recreational marijuana in November 2014, DC is looking more and more like the “District of Cannabis” each and every day. With the ease of gifting up to a zip of “free” bud to anyone under the sun in our nation’s capital, hundreds of new “pop-up” weed vendors are jumping through legal loopholes to turn what used to be a hushed exchange amongst friends into an emerging “legitimate” yet completely unregulated market.

Being a Northern Virginia native with a curiosity to witness these ganjapreneurs firsthand, I made the trip up to the “District of Cannabis” with high hopes of documenting this phenomenon. I was on a mission to understand exactly how these “businesses” operated within the gray area of the law and to explore all of the new ways in which weed culture is pushing the frontier of entrepreneurial discovery in Washington, DC.

From a dab bar to talking with delivery drivers, and taste testing all the different weed-infused concoctions in between, I can personally say for all you Richmonauts still chiefing b-grade mulch in your basements, the grass is definitely greener on the other side.

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I started off my day at the PinkFox headquarters where I met with co-founder Mark Nagib, to talk about their role in the cannabis support movement over a bowl or two, or three. “Both my business partner Kelly and I were laid off on the same day in 2015, we both poured our severance into this and after I started getting into art, we were lucky enough to see this lifestyle brand grow faster than we could have ever expected,” he said.

Obviously, the pair does not sell cannabis, which they could not stress enough on their website, but they do “gift” it along with the purchase of merchandise whether it be a t-shirt, hat, backpack, or posters with their pink fox logo on it.

“We all tell ourselves that the cat is out of the bag, but not everyone is prepared to wear clothing that represents blatant marijuana support, so creating a lifestyle brand for those who are ready for the substance but want some discretion to go along with it was a no-brainer for us. That’s why we started the brand, people being denied something they’ve wanted, and now being given access to it,” said Mark.

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But it’s their baked goods that really have the people clamoring. Kelly is the master chef behind it all. Pink Fox specialize in edibles, such as their famous gorgonzola and pancetta “Cheese-itz”, but have recently expanded their menu to incorporate pop tarts, salted caramel brownie bites, “cannabutter”, watermelon candies, and peppermint butter and chocolate chip cookies.

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Because DC is not a state, and approximately 30 percent federal property, it doesn’t have the same rights as far as the autonomy of its budgeting goes. Legislation opposed having money come in from the taxation of a federally banned substance, ultimately leaving the District where it is today with Initiate 71.

There aren’t any recreational dispensaries, and unlike states like Colorado, you can’t just walk into a store and buy a joint. “Up until recently there were four medical dispensaries in DC, one in each quadrant, and you could only commit to one which means if they are out, you are screwed,” said Mark.

Pink Fox set up a booth at the National Cannabis Festival and Tee Con, but those looking to buy some merchandise have to make an appointment. With a giant flat screen tv displaying more game consoles than I could count, an entire kitchen full of edibles, and an armory of bongs ranging in all shapes and sizes, its a stoner’s dream unto itself, but clients are not allowed into Pink Fox HQ, and rather have to arrange to meet in a public place to get their goods.

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The prices are suggested donations in exchange for the swag. The person buying sets the donation price for a t-shirt or poster, sticker, et cetera, which is given with the edible of their choosing. And while I could munch on their gorgonzola “Cheeze Its” all day, I knew I would be stuck there if I didn’t split, so I said my goodbyes and went on with my cannabis cruise to discover what a true pop-up vendor event was really like.

With a bottle of Rohtos in my pocket and expectations high as a kite, I was headed to my first ever event “Tasty Tuesdays”, held at DC’s Listen Vision Recording Studios. I was on the hunt for the infamous 200 mg-infused cheese pizza slice I had been hearing about and wouldn’t stop until my palate was satisfied. I followed the all too familiar aroma until I rolled up to the studio porch to see a DJ blasting the latest rap hits into the street. Inside, I was met with a semi-crowded room, more so due to the size of the room than the number of people there, and about five or six vendors working at the time.

Upon entrance, I was handed a dab pen of distillate to test out. I had no idea where to begin, or how to act exactly, so I did what anybody else would do, and followed the free samples.

I ended up making friends with a vendor who had been selling edibles as a representative for Mrs. Dankness for about a month. The group had won the 2017 DC Growers Cup for Best Concentrate, and told her it was my first event in which she replied, ‘I can tell’ and proceeded to give me a beginners lesson on my DC “weedtiquette.”

Mrs. Dankness

It seems most people are using the “donation” loophole as a way to still make a pretty penny off their home-cooked edibles and pre-rolls. Pretty much what I got out of it was, “Do not ask how much, and make sure you pick up a sticker or business card before you leave.” Other than that, it seemed pretty straightforward.

Mrs. Dankness had been averaging about two events a week and had everything from nugs and cookies to lollipops and gummies. I went with a 150mg mega gumdrop and a couple cookies that I had planned to secretly leave for my parents when I went back to school. Peanut butter for my dad, and chocolate for my mom, in exchange for what I remember being a $20 donation, but then again, I could barely remember my name halfway into the event.

I slothed my way over to Not Ur Granny’s Adults Treats, who specializes in gourmet edibles for adults. Run by owner Bae Baker, N.U.G.S., (get it?), is surprisingly located in Baltimore, Maryland which I thought was interesting. They had a beautiful array of different elegant personal sized chocolate and vanilla cakes, infused with over 250mg of THC. What really caught my eye were the rice crispy treats, made with either Cap’n Crunch or Cinnamon Toast Crunch mixed with marshmallows and cut into squares, each averaging about 80-90 mg of THC which I, of course, had to have to start my collection of souvenirs.

Not Your Granny’s Snacks

I’m not into all the hocus-pocus of different strains and percentages of Indica and Sativa. If it does the job and is cheap, I’m game, so I couldn’t fully appreciate the fact that I was puffing on a GG#44 and Sunset Sherbert Hybrid pre-roll that I snagged off this guy for $10 from the next table.

It was interesting to me how some of the vendors are very strict with the rules, bringing only an ounce or two of flour, ensuring that it is gifted in return for a monetary donation, and others who aren’t, simply waving joints in your face asking for $10.

I was somewhat skeptical after seeing the THC percentage for each edible was a range, to calculate for some sort of measurement error or something. I guess because it’s all still unregulated, you can still get gipped and sold mids without repercussion, the only thing now is that you have the reputation of a brand to upkeep. It’s all about customer loyalty in this industry because it’s almost too easy to get it from somewhere else at this point. Picture a really crappy restaurant barely running off the service of tourists, if you don’t have people ever coming back to eat at your restaurant again, it is going to be a lot harder to remain afloat.

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I was most definitely one of the tourists, already burning through more than half of my budget before lunch, and we hadn’t even gone to the next event yet. Next up on the itinerary was Twisted Up Tuesdays, hosted by Out The Park Concessions DC, who I found on Instagram. That is usually how you find out about events around here other than simply typing in “Marijuana events in DC”. For this event specifically, I had to order a free ticket off Eventbrite that came with a corresponding email to contact for the address, I guess better safe than sorry.

My photographer and I arrived at a townhouse on the corner of a typical suburban neighborhood, slightly confused if we were in the right place. The moment the front door opened, the smell reassured us. I was greeted by a hefty bouncer in a wife-beater, who most definitely owned a motorcycle and ate nails for breakfast.

He patted us down, unfortunately, saw the cameras, and told us to leave our equipment in the car. After returning, we headed on upstairs, realizing we had come just in time for whatever “Flower Power Hour” was. Now this place was the real deal, ran out of someone’s home rather than a rented out venue or office, an open two-level townhouse with giant ceilings and a couple dozen vendors definitely gave more of an inviting feeling than the recording studio. The lights were turned off for the most part, but each vendor had a lamp overlooking their table, adding to the trippy atmosphere.

The High Definition Society table displayed their G3 Xtracts concentrate bar, and for $5 stickers, each coming with a dab of your choice, they were being ripped through like shots at happy hour.

I was then introduced to the Edi Bros., who specialize in THC-infused condiments. They offer them both infused and uninfused, for a donation of course. With a collection of over eight different sauces, they really pride themselves on their best-selling Buffahigh and Mumba-Que sauce. For those of you that aren’t familiar with Mumbo sauce, it is a famous DC delicacy found in many takeout restaurants, similar to that of a sweet barbecue I would say, but I’m no local.

A big bottle will yield you about 350 mg of THC, and the little guys have around 200. I tried some with chips as we talked about their journey to where they are today. The two founders are from Buffalo, New York and Washington DC. Requesting to stay anonymous, they credit marijuana for saving their lives and want to spread the good word of the benefits they have experienced, one admitting that weed had got him off anxiety medication and helped him with depression and ultimately losing 100 pounds.

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Everything about their patent-pending sauces is done in-house, nothing is shipped in. They say the key is a properly decarboxylated oven. They only started going to events about five months ago, but said their Instagram is growing daily.

“We are not high end, we are not niche, we aim to be renaissance men within the cannabis community,” they said.

Edi Bros. also has your typical infused baked goods, as well as candy that you can pick up for any sort of donation. They say that their oil gel pills have been increasingly popular with older people in the workforce that see smoking as an inconvenience.

I didn’t end up buying any sauce, I was more fascinated by the strawberry kiwi moon rocks and infused watermelon sour patch candies at the next table. I had about $30 left in my budget and needed to leave with some good old, normal, regular, weed.

I struck up a conversation with CMEkushkings, a Richmond native. As we got to talking, he said he lived in Short Pump and was working at CoStar making $60,000 a year. He moved up to DC just a couple months ago to take advantage of the green rush and said he is already projected to make more than that next year. He graciously gifted me a free eighth of Gelato in exchange for purchasing one of the stickers he had laid out on the table for my $30.

I had burned all of the cash in my pockets, and half of the cells in my brain, but I successfully completed my cannabis cruise with a full bag of goodies and a smile that would be involuntarily stuck on my face for the next hour or so. Now I would have had better pictures for you guys, but I sort of ate most of the product before coming back to work. But regardless, we learned that because this business is unregulated, you may now know exactly what you are getting, but not exactly how much you are getting in terms of dosage.

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We learned that there is definitely a number of legal loopholes these vendors are jumping through “under the radar” to survive, and we know that the recreational marijuana scene in Washington DC is on the rise, almost completely eliminating the need for a medical license, and pushing the frontiers of weed culture in the nation.

And if you want to know whether or not it was worth it all, let’s just say this article alone has taken me the longest out of any thus far, the inside of my mouth is drier than the Sahara, and I have become a part of the very couch I took refuge on after finishing what is left of my goodie bag of souvenirs.

READ MORE: Ganjapreneurs: The Weed Game Between Washington, DC and Virginia 

 

My Aunt’s World Renowned Pot Brownie Recipe

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When it comes to enjoying cannabis, nothing is more iconic, more universal, than the weed brownie. The only thing I love more on 4/20 than a finely-rolled marijuana cigarette is a cannabis-laced brownie confection. With my schedule tied up through the weekend, I decided I’d celebrate the holiday a bit early this year- and spend the afternoon perf the devil’s lettuce with my aunt. Yes, my aunt. Even with a family and two dogs, she’s a culinary sage within the divine arts of potent proportions. With a long-held talent highly regarded among the higher community, I will simply say, my aunt makes the best pot brownies in the fucking world.  

And she’s finally agreed to tell the world what’s in them. As one might expect, I was stoked.

Despite my entry into adulthood years ago, I’ve never had a chance to see what she put in the brownies. It was always a holiday token or a birthday gift, its secrets concealed in plastic by the time I got it. This was finally my chance to expose my aunt’s recipe to the world. Heading into the kitchen, I began the preparations – washing my hands and examining the long list of ingredients sitting on the counter, which included a box of brownie mix, an egg, nothing too out of the ordinary…at least that’s what I thought.

My aunt eventually came in and turned on the kitchen lights, cutting my investigation short. I glanced over and see she’s stuck on the phone, unaware of my transgressive curiosity. I signal to her my readiness, but she remains glued to the conversation. Saddling the cell up into her shoulder, she sits to continues to chat away while working on her crochet. The anticipation leaves me teeming, I carefully watch her crochet, each finishing thread one less standing in the way between me and the nectar of gods. Valhalla is beckoning my arrival.

She makes a comment about my cousin. “Middle School is definitely more his style,” she says grinning and crocheting. “He’s always on his phone though, little fucker even got an Instagram account.” I lean back and grin, wondering if all aunts are this cool.

She ends the call and points over to the stack of ingredients. “That’s it right there if you want to write those down.” I begin to jot down the ingredients, nothing even remotely interesting is found.  

    • One Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate mix
    • ⅓ cup of vegetable oil
    • 1 egg
    • ⅓ cup of water
    • ⅓ cup of applesauce

I pick up a brownie mix box adjacent to the pile and examine the directions.

“Any basic brownie recipe will do, whatever mix you want,” she said as she ruffles the box open, pulling out the plastic bag of mix. “Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate is my personal favorite.”

Ghirardelli Triple Chocolate Mix

She points up at the cabinet above the microwave, “Grab the two bags in that cabinet.” Of course! finally- the secret ingredients, I have made contact.  I swing the cabinet open and jerk the two bags down.

Despite the promising ring of “two bags”, both were half of what I imagined would go into this magical recipe. But what was especially puzzling was the color. While one looked it’s Sunday best, the other was the scattered coals of many a days puff – just plain old dirt weed. Luckily, she jumped in to clarify, “ Yeah that’s the recycled greens, I just vape that first, saves a ton of money.”

I ask, “Well why don’t you make Cannabutter?” She responds with a laugh, then regains her steely kitchen demeanor. “I have never gotten high from those, and it takes a shitload of weed. [With] this way you get to vape and reuse, its dual purpose, dual potency.”

Despite the explanation, I remain confused, and my question ultimately goes unanswered. Good start to my training, as she opens the bags and begins the prep.

Pilfering through the ingredients clustered across the counter, she begins to rattle off the instructions with ease – all while keeping the focus on her brewing stand – you’d think she invented the brownie. “Take an eighth of new greens, once finely-ground, and disperse it over vegetable oil, with the heat set to a medium-low simmer.” She turns, signaling me to smell, “Then cook it until it has a nutty aroma, you’ll know it when you smell it.Then take it off- the appearance will darken from green to brown.”

She warns about not leaving the greens unduly unshredded, nor simmering too hot, as both in unison could lead to “flavor-induced vomit”. “From there, take the old, recycled greens and mix them with a ¼ cup of applesauce to moisten it up. Then take a blender- my bullet chopper does well- and mix it into a fine paste.”

When I ask why applesauce, she explained the importance of its texture in mixing with the old greens and its cohesiveness with oil. “It has just the right fat content and texture to not ruin the batch but also mesh perfectly with old greens.” She then takes the blender and scoops out its innards into a pan, letting the two swirl into a slow but successful merge, only to immediately dump it into the baking pan. “Then mix the paste-like ‘old shit’ in with the simmering ‘new shit ’, then combine the ‘converging shit’ in the brownie mixture, minus the oil you already added earlier,” she said. 

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Opening the oven door, she puts the sheet in before pointing at the monitor. “Bake it to the instructions-325ºF to 45-50 minutes, or 350ºF for 30 minutes with consistent checks. Be careful not to go over 350, too much heat could dry out the whole batch.”

Are you taking notes yet? You should be.

For the next 40 minutes, we wait, taking turns on watch. On her third rotation, she signals – the batch is done. She slips on her baking mitt and lowers the oven gate, releasing an aroma that lifts the room by its nostrils; you’ll know the nutty aroma when you smell it. As the dust settles and regains the gravitational properties of our three dimensions, we gaze upon our long-awaited bounty.

Cutting off two bricks of this Columbia gold, we sample our creation, deciding on some rules in between each bite; some caution tape that should be drawn on a weed-to-know basis. After all, these brownies had the psychoactive potential of melting the tendons off your cheeks. In layman’s terms – not mine- it’s some shit that could give Hunter S. Thompson the vapors.

“Strong caution – if this is your first- eat a fourth of a brownie, do not eat a whole brownie,” she reminded me. Common standards in the practice of herbal disobedience call for around 10 milligrams of THC for a relatively, five being the usual for newbies. But if you do decide to find yourself in bat country and began to have “the fear”, it’s cool compadre- just try to stay indoors and stick to the basics. “Nothing sobers me up like Ally McBeal,” she said, as she puts it on I move to the other room.

While some premeditated measures need to be taken, the payoff in this recipe is an investment beyond what any spontaneous smoke session could provide. And what better way is there to spend the holidays than getting stoned in good company.

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Supporting marijuana decriminalization in Virginia

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One of the ever-present issues in 2017 is the debate surrounding marijuana decriminalization and legalization. As support for marijuana increases nationally, legislators have been forced to respond by modernizing their positions.

Republicans used to be united in their opposition to drug legalization, but it has become a divisive topic in the conservative ranks, especially with more Libertarian-leaning Republicans like Senator Rand Paul calling for an end for the war on drugs. Democrats have already been in favor of marijuana reform for some time, due to known racial disparities in arrests and what is seen as an misappropriated use of police resources away from violent crime.

Ralph Northam, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and current Democratic nominee for Governor has come out much more in favor of marijuana reform than his GOP counterparts, although not as progressive as his primary election opponent Tom Perriello – according to a report card released by The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).

Nonetheless, according to the MPP report card Northam’s Republican opponent Ed Gillespie, scored a solid D, while he received a respectable B only falling short of Perriello due to a lack of detailed responses to the whole questionnaire.

Based on statements made by Northam, his understanding of the issue is not just predicated on his experience as a medical doctor, but also in acknowledging the disproportionate arrest rate of African Americans at a rate of almost 3 to 1.

In an interview with RVA Mag’s Transmission series during the primary, he came out in strong support of decriminalization of marijuana, claiming, “There are far too many people who use marijuana who end up in our courts, jails, and penitentiaries…there is also an inequality out there. African Americans are 2.8 times more likely to be arrested and put in jail for marijuana. So I’m all about decriminalizing marijuana.”

                 

The Gillespie campaign denied RVA Mag’s requests for information on the Republican nominee’s stance towards marijuana. However, the MPP gave him a D rating because he, “opposes decriminalization and adult-use, and his position on medical marijuana is unknown.”

Regardless, Gillespie’s communications director, David Abrams, claimed that the candidate is in favor of, “exploring reforms to make sure that penalties align appropriately to the offense committed,” and “is evaluating whether legalizing medicinal marijuana is right for Virginia and talking to people about it before deciding his policy.”

Despite this, planks related to marijuana decriminalization don’t appear anywhere in the issues section of his campaign website, and it appears that this statement is one of a very few on drug policy.

However, understanding how decriminalization and the reform needed to implement it works, requires a deeper understanding of the issue beyond just campaign talking points. In April, Virginia’s State Crime Commission agreed to undertake a study that assesses weather Virginia should decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

The Virginia branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Virginia NORML) is based in Richmond and has been one of the most stalwart proponents of marijuana legalization for decades.

Yet Jenn Michelle Pedini, executive director of the organization, believes that Virginia is making progress on marijuana reform, although slowly.

In March of this year, Gov. Terry McAullife signed two marijuana reform bills, one which allows discretion in suspending people’s drivers licenses who are caught with small amounts of drugs, while the other allows pharmaceutical companies to manufacture and produce cannabidiol oil and THC-A oil to treat epilepsy – a first step towards potentially legalizing medicinal marijuana.

“It is limited only to one condition, which is intractable epilepsy,”said Pedini. “So we do not want to follow the route that other states have taken, where they have to come back year after year after year, and revise their code, wasting legislative hours and thousands of dollars trying to decide which patients deserve access this year and which patients still deserve jail. That’s nonsense; we don’t do that with any other healthcare issue.”

Medicinal Marijuana Oil. Photo by Medical Marijuana Exchange

This sentiment was reinforced up by Daniel Rouleau, the organization’s communications director. He explained that despite over half of the 50 states having access to medical cannabis, “we… [Virginia] still criminalize legal medical access and any adult access.”

The racial dynamics of how marijuana enforcement is implemented throughout law enforcement also remains a priority for NORML. Similar to the viewpoint of the Democratic candidates, Pedini addressed the disparity in arrests despite it being well known that people of all races use marijuana at equal rates.

“While we know across the racial spectrum, people use cannabis at similar rates, in Virginia, African-Americans are three times more likely to be arrested for possession than whites are,” said Pedini. “In some municipalities, it’s as high as eight times as much…and we do understand that this is simply an exercise in implicit bias. The reason we know that, is because even post-decriminalization, while the number of arrests will decrease drastically, the disparity rate will not change.”

The implicit bias Pedini refers to is the way the police interacts with the community. Rouleau explained that, “If all the police go to a certain area in town, then they’re going to catch stuff that happens in that part of town more often.”

This is tied to a history of housing discrimination that has confined low income people and communities of color to certain areas. He further described a situation in which police will often wait outside of these communities and wait for people to come outside and smoke marijuana, allowing them to be easily targeted.

Crime Graph from Washington Post

“Guess who’s easy to catch? People who are standing outside,” said Rouleau. “If you’re in a wealthy area, you can go to your garage, to your parents’ shed, to your buddy’s house. And it’s kind of tied to properties.” He continued, If you’re lower income, it’s easy policing. Let’s go to where everyone’s standing outside. So we don’t have to get this Fourth Amendment search, we don’t have to proceed through all these constitutional barriers because people have to expose themselves.”

Rouleau said that this strategy is “essentially lazy policing.”

Cindy Cutler, a prominent leader of Decriminalize Norfolk, has always had an interest in criminal justice reform and has been with the organization for almost two years. After reading some articles in the Washington Post and Huffington Post, she discovered that Norfolk had one of the highest arrest rates in the country for people of color.

Speaking with Norfolk Sheriff Joe Baron, she found that all but five out of 86 of the inmates in Norfolk arrested for marijuana possession were African American. When she brought this up to Mayor Kenneth Alexander, he promised to work on marijuana reform with her.

“[Alexander] invited the Speaker, Senator Norment to their annual legislative dinner last year, and that’s where he made a statement [supporting decriminalization],” said Cutler. She said that her organization has 100 percent of the City Council’s support.

Cutler supports Northam’s campaign for governor and his policies on marijuana reform.

This has translated into support for the Democratic nominee for Governor. “I’ve been following Ralph Northam for the last 10 years,” she said. “He’s been a great senator, a lieutenant governor, and he’ll make a great governor. He was the first of all the candidates, including the Democratic candidates, to state that we should decriminalize.”

Cutler recounted Northam’s background as a physician and the first of the gubernatorial candidates, including the Democratic ones, to champion the need for doctors to recommend medical cannabis. She sees this as proof of him knowing what he is talking about and his dedication to working for decriminalization. On the other hand, she sees Gillespie as being a step backwards on drug policy.

“I don’t believe that Gillespie agrees with decrim or medical,” she said. “I think he was the only [gubernatorial candidate] that didn’t agree with anything.”

Read more of RVA Mag’s coverage on marijuana reform below:

“The Highs and lows of weed decriminalization in VA via Radio IQ”

*David Pettyjohn and Landon Shroder contributed to this article. 

Fucked Up Talks Influences, Pro Wrestling, And How Hard it is to Get Pot on Tour Ahead of July 4th Show

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I imagine whenever my parents think of the punk rock shows I like to attend, they probably envision crusty-looking, long-haired hippies and freaks headbanging and thrashing about to bands with vile and offensive names, which often are profane and reference drug culture.
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RVA Shows You Must See This Week: 7/2-7/8

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FEATURE SHOW
Friday, July 4, 6 PM
Fucked Up, Weed, Dry Spell, Slugz @ Strange Matter – $12 (order tickets here: https://fuckedup.eventbrite.com/)
July 4 is always a day of celebration around here, but this year the fireworks will be happening onstage at Strange Matter.
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Will New Weed Laws in Virginia Get Puff Puff Passed?

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VA Has the Oldest Marijuana Law on the Books, but perhaps not for long.

While Colorado and Washington become national examples for progressive marijuana laws, advocates in Virginia are fighting for the most basic marijuana legislation. But there is one delegate in Virginia still pushing for further restrictions on the substance.
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