D.C. House Democrat Delegate Eleanor Holmes is asking the U.S. Botanic Garden, on the grounds of Capitol Hill, to include marijuana – to showcase the plants’ “impact” on the U.S. economy.
After the Botanic Garden displayed hemp for its first time, Norton sent a letter to Executive Director Susan Pell, saying she liked the facility’s hemp display and enquired about also having a marijuana one.
“As individual states and the country as a whole are moving toward the legalization of marijuana, having a display with male and female marijuana plants would be a historic opportunity to highlight the impact of marijuana on American society and, especially, the American economy,” Norton wrote in the letter last week.
Cannabis sales in the U.S. are projected to reach $50 billion-plus by 2027, also said Holmes Norton, who as a House delegate cannot cast final floor votes.