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human
ELI5: How was marijuana legalized in Washington D.C when it is federal land?

As I understand , Washington D.C is the property of the federal government and subjected directly to it's jurisdiction. If the federal stance on marijuana is still that it is illegal, how then did voters in D.C legalize it? I could see this making sense if it was outside of D.C in Maryland, but within the city limits I would have thought the government would control such a vote?
gpt
The federal government may choose to get involved and overrule the D.C. voters. Whether the Congress will get involved is currently an open question. The politics of marijuana right now may see the Congress look the other way to avoid coming down definitively on a controversial issue.