Update on Cease and Desist for Two H Street NE Weed Shops

ANC6C held a virtual monthly meeting on Wednesday night.

Update on Cease and Desist for Two H Street NE Weed Shops

by Larry Janezich

Posted July 11, 2024

At ANC6C’s monthly Commission meeting on Wednesday night, Commission Chair Mark Eckenweiler gave the board members an update on ABCA’s cease and desist orders issued to two illegal H Street NE weed gifting shops last week:  “American Papers [at 504 H Street, NE] has apparently shuttered its operation – at least I’m unaware that any activity has occurred.  Safe House at 335 H Street is in open defiance and there will be further proceedings to address that. But the uncontrolled chaos and the adverse impacts that we’ve had on H Street from some of these operations will be drawing to a close shortly – I’m very confident – and I’m very very pleased that the ABCA board took this step.  I also want to recognize that CM Charles Allen was key to getting us to this point in terms of sponsoring the amendments in the emergency legislation passed this spring to fill some gaps clarifying enforcement authorities for the enforcement agencies, but then also pressing for… the enforcement. “