Washington, DC lawmakers finalize ban on public pot smokingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington, D.C.’s city council on Tuesday permanently banned the smoking of marijuana in public or in clubs, a spokeswoman for Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said, voting 7-6 for a second time to approve the prohibition. The council had passed the measure in an initial vote early this month. Two months ago, the council voted unanimously to create atask force to study the licensing of marijuana clubs and endingthe ban on public consumption of pot. A law that took effect in February 2015 allows adults topossess small amounts of marijuana, and grow and consume it athome. The District bans the sale of marijuana, but public smoking has become common as arrests have dried up. The vote council earlier this year voted to let the ban expire but then reversed course under pressure from Mayor Muriel Bowser. Besides the District of Columbia, the states of Colorado,Washington, Oregon and Alaska have made the recreational use of pot lawful. It remains illegal under federal law. politicsNews
washington dc lawmakers finalize ban public pot smokingwashington reuters washington city council tuesday permanently banned smoking marijuana public clubs spokeswoman council chairman phil henderson said voting second time approve prohibition the council passed measure initial vote early month two months ago council voted unanimously create task force study licensing marijuana clubs endingthe ban public consumption pot a law took effect february allows adults possess small amounts marijuana grow consume home the district bans sale marijuana public smoking become common arrests dried the vote council earlier year voted let ban expire reversed course pressure mayor murder browser besides district columbia states colorado washington oregon alaska made recreational use pot lawful it remains illegal federal law politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Washington, DC lawmakers finalize ban on public pot smokingWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington, D.C.’s city council on Tuesday permanently banned the smoking of marijuana in public or in clubs, a spokeswoman for Council Chairman Phil Mendelson said, voting 7-6 for a second time to approve the prohibition. The council had passed the measure in an initial vote early this month. Two months ago, the council voted unanimously to create atask force to study the licensing of marijuana clubs and endingthe ban on public consumption of pot. A law that took effect in February 2015 allows adults topossess small amounts of marijuana, and grow and consume it athome. The District bans the sale of marijuana, but public smoking has become common as arrests have dried up. The vote council earlier this year voted to let the ban expire but then reversed course under pressure from Mayor Muriel Bowser. Besides the District of Columbia, the states of Colorado,Washington, Oregon and Alaska have made the recreational use of pot lawful. It remains illegal under federal law. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: washington dc lawmakers finalize ban public pot smokingwashington reuters washington city council tuesday permanently banned smoking marijuana public clubs spokeswoman council chairman phil henderson said voting second time approve prohibition the council passed measure initial vote early month two months ago council voted unanimously create task force study licensing marijuana clubs endingthe ban public consumption pot a law took effect february allows adults possess small amounts marijuana grow consume home the district bans sale marijuana public smoking become common arrests dried the vote council earlier year voted let ban expire reversed course pressure mayor murder browser besides district columbia states colorado washington oregon alaska made recreational use pot lawful it remains illegal federal law politicsnews