This legislation will be introduced by Council member David Grosso today (9/17/2013) before the Washington D.C. city council. The legislation requests regulation and taxation of small amounts of recreational marijuana for those over 21 years of age and it proposes that the current District of Columbia Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration have control over the sale of marijuana,  with the restrictions being similar to alcohol. The adaptation of this legislation will curb criminalization and criminal activities of those who currently use marijuana, release already scarce law enforcement resources, protect youth from easily obtaining marijuana and help to discontinue the large racial discrepancies in arrests regarding marijuana.