La marijuana légalisée dans le District of Columbia à minuit ce soir.

Le maire de la capitale nationale américaine a confirmé aujourd'hui que dès 12h01 la possession de marijuana serait légale. Les républicains de la Chambre des représentants s'opposent à cette légalisation et ils ont menacé de poursuivre le maire.

 "“We believe that we’re acting lawfully,” Bowser said, offering a direct retort to House Republicans who late Tuesday urged the mayor — and even threatened prison time — to reconsider moving forward with legalization.

 “I have a lot of things to do in the District of Columbia,” Bowser said. “Me being in jail wouldn’t be a good thing.”

 It also doesn’t appear likely to happen soon. House Republicans said Wednesday that they are not preparing to take legal action against the city should it proceed in defiance of a congressional funding rider. Instead, one congressman said, it would fall to the Justice Department to intervene — a much less likely scenario under the Obama administration."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/house-republicans-warn-dc-mayor-not-to-legalize-pot/2015/02/25/2f784a10-bcb0-11e4-bdfa-b8e8f594e6ee_story.html?hpid=z1