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Is weed legalin D.C.?

Apr 28, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -98% Extremely Liberal

  • Reliability

    35% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    -18% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

    -54% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : Outside of the realms of medical marijuana, individuals over the age of 21 are able to possess two ounces of marijuana or less and use it on private property.
54% : This was followed by the announcement of a Joint Cannabis Task Force that conducted unannounced inspections of shops to ensure compliance with District agencies including D.C. Health, the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA), the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS), and the Office of Tax and Revenue (OTR).
50% : Nonetheless, lawmakers continue to debate the benefits of legalizing marijuana for non-medicinal use.
49% : There is a legal limit which states a person can only transfer one ounce of marijuana or less.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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