US Capital Permits Marijuana: All You Need to Know About Legal Pot

Pot is now legal in America - at least in Washington DC. However, it is not known how long it will stay decriminalized, as congress still attempted to block the bill with preventative measures.

According to Rolling Stone, DC's new bill allows citizens to have up to two ounces of weed on them, and anything over that will result to a $1,000 fine as well as a possible jail sentence. Residents are also said to own up to six marijuana plants, but only half of them should be budding (the other half could probably make nice decorations).

ABC News also clarified that while selling pot is illegal, it is okay to give them as gifts to fellow residents, as long as it's in the allowed maximum amount. And like other states which legalized marijuana, driving under its influence or smoking it in public is still a criminal offense, although as noted by Reuters, bongs, pipes, and other paraphernalia are fair game.

Washington Post also pointed out, you have to be 21 years old to be able to smoke pot, even with the parents present. Anyone smoking pot under the legal age will have to face consequences.

The Los Angeles Times reported that DC residents voted to allow growing and possessing small amounts of marijuana, but as preventative measure from the government, they made sure that provisions are placed upon the reenactment of the law.

Spokeswoman for Mayor Muriel Bowser said, "The mayor has done exactly what she was elected to do, which is uphold the will of the people. What happens next, we just have to wait and see, but right now the mayor has made it clear that at 12:01 this morning, the law went in effect."

Marijuana, which is currently listed as a Schedule 1 drug, is marked to be dangerous, and Rep. Jason Chaffetz form Utah said in an interview with Washington Post that DC officials are wrong if they are "under any illusion" that implementing the Initiative 71 is legal, saying, "There are very severe consequences for violating this provision. You can go to prison for this. We're not playing a little game here."

Finally, Initiative 71 notes that smoking marijuana is legal at home, but it's still no dice if you plan on smoking on federal land. National parks, military property and other federal-government-owned lands are said to total about 29 percent of the city's land area, and you can still get arrested if caught smoking in these areas. Public housing projects included.

What do you think of pot legalization in DC, should it be kept as is, or should the government dissolve this law soon?