From young tokers to elderly first-timers to avid gardeners, the grow-your-own scene has bloomed since it became legal in 2015 to keep up to six plants at home. “For years, you could only discuss ‘tomatoes’ in the store; we’d ask you to leave if you even used the word cannabis,” Washburn said. “I feel like growing cannabis actually keeps me off the streets,” he said, holding a baggie of clones he was hurrying home to plant. “People will steal it.”Among those buying and growing pot in the District are some who came expressly to do just that. The agency, which administers the medical marijuana program, does not offer DIY classes.

Source: Washington Post November 22, 2017 17:03 UTC