Gray sets start date for medical marijuana in D.C.

D.C. Mayor Vince Gray has scheduled April 15 as the start date for the city’s medical marijuana program, although it could be delayed if the District is shutdown along with the federal government.

Former Mayor Adrian Fenty and now Gray have been hammering out the rules to govern the program that was allowed to move forward by congressional Democrats in 2009 following a 1998 referendum in the city approving it.