Normally on 4/20, Charles Newsome would be throwing a party. Lots of pot. Lots of customers, streaming into his marijuana retail storefront like shoppers on Black Friday.
But this year, Newsome is keeping it low-key at MetroLeaf, his shop in the Petworth area of Northwest D.C., saving the money that would typically go to festivities for a more practical use: licensing.
D.C. 'gifting' shops undergo mass transition to medical marijuana – The Washington Post
