Tag: I-502

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June 14, 2013
06/14/2013
Seattle Visitors Bureau: Questions Remain About Pot Tourism

Seattle Visitors Bureau: Questions Remain About Pot Tourism

Visit Seattle knows that tourism (already big business in Seattle) will increase with the implementation of marijuana legalization, but says many questions will need answers before the...
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June 14, 2013
06/14/2013
Moving Toward Legal Marijuana Commerce in Washington State

Moving Toward Legal Marijuana Commerce in Washington State

Voters approved the marijuana legalization initiative I-502 in Washington state last November, and it is now legal to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, but a...
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June 12, 2013
06/12/2013
Seattle Officials Recommend Private Cannabis Clubs, Delivery

Seattle Officials Recommend Private Cannabis Clubs, Delivery

The Seattle city attorney, with the mayor’s blessing, has sent a letter to the Liquor Control Board suggesting regulations for the legal marijuana industry. Among these recommendations,...
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June 11, 2013
06/11/2013
What Will Legal Marijuana Look Like in Washington?

What Will Legal Marijuana Look Like in Washington?

Here are the Initial Draft Rules  promulgated by the state Liquor Control Board. Today is the last day to submit comments before the board...
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May 31, 2013
05/31/2013
Seattle Marijuana Grow Zoning Rules Up for Council Vote

Seattle Marijuana Grow Zoning Rules Up for Council Vote

Next week, Seattle’s city council will vote on rules to allow commercial marijuana grows in certain industrial zones of the city. The proposed marijuana grow zoning rules would...
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May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
Poll: What Do You Think of the New Washington State Marijuana Logo?

Poll: What Do You Think of the New Washington State Marijuana Logo?

Yesterday was the public’s first look at the new Washington State marijuana logo, as well the state’s first draft of marijuana laws. Let other Weedists know in this...
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May 17, 2013
05/17/2013
WA Releases Draft Rules for Marijuana Industry

WA Releases Draft Rules for Marijuana Industry

Washington’s Liquor Control Board released draft regulations for the state’s legal marijuana industry yesterday. The draft regulations include: Tracking marijuana from seed to store, most likely setting...
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May 14, 2013
05/14/2013
Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

Public Health Experts Make I-502 Suggestions to WA Liquor Control Board

A group composed of substance abuse, law and public health experts have sent a 16-page letter to Washington’s Liquor Control Board, making recommendations for the implementation of I-502....
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May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
Marijuana Advocates Rally in Seattle, Hear from Police Chief

Marijuana Advocates Rally in Seattle, Hear from Police Chief

Marijuana advocates called it an historic day – one of Seattle’s top cops is taking part in the cannabis freedom march at Westlake Park–as they spread their...
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May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

BBC News – Will Legalized Marijuana Lead to an Economic Boom?

The view from across the pond: Marijuana is now legal in Washington state in the north-west of America. Will the sales kick-start an economic boom?
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May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

A Rising Marijuana Reform Tide at the Statehouses

In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
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May 1, 2013
05/01/2013
Washington Lawmakers Quietly Approve Bill to Re-Criminalize Some Marijuana Possession

Washington Lawmakers Quietly Approve Bill to Re-Criminalize Some Marijuana Possession

Lawmakers in the Washington House and Senate quietly passed a bill over the weekend that will re-criminalize some marijuana possession, reacting to warnings from the state’s crime...
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April 29, 2013
04/29/2013
WA House Approves Bill to Distinguish Marijuana From Hemp

WA House Approves Bill to Distinguish Marijuana From Hemp

In a vote of 95-1, the Washington House of Representatives passed a bill that would classify marijuana as part of the cannabis plant that contains more than...
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April 26, 2013
04/26/2013
WA Police Dogs No Longer Trained to Find Marijuana

WA Police Dogs No Longer Trained to Find Marijuana

The Bremerton Police Department in Washington is busy training its newest officer, a police dog named Dusty. Dusty is being trained to locate cocaine, heroin and meth,...
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April 25, 2013
04/25/2013
Drug Czar: Marijuana Legalization Won’t Change Mission

Drug Czar: Marijuana Legalization Won’t Change Mission

US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske says marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington will not change his office’s mission, which is to fight addiction with treatment programs. His strategy...
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April 22, 2013
04/22/2013
Authorities Cracking Down on WA Marijuana Bar

Authorities Cracking Down on WA Marijuana Bar

Stonegate Pizza in Tacoma, Washington has a second-floor, members-only marijuana bar, where customers can rent vaporizers and enjoy their marijuana. Those with MMJ cards can purchase medicine...
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April 15, 2013
04/15/2013
Report: No Easy Options for Feds in Legal Marijuana States

Report: No Easy Options for Feds in Legal Marijuana States

A new report prepared for Congress from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) concludes the feds have no easy options to fight Washington & Colorado on legal marijuana, as it...
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April 8, 2013
04/08/2013
Seattle Police Return Marijuana Taken from Street Dealers

Seattle Police Return Marijuana Taken from Street Dealers

In what the Seattle Police Department described as its “first time ever” event, street dealers picked up during a police investigation that only possessed small amounts of...
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April 2, 2013
04/02/2013
WA Consultant Thinks Legal Marijuana Might Not Sell

WA Consultant Thinks Legal Marijuana Might Not Sell

Mark Kleiman, Washington’s new consultant for the implementation of I-502, thinks (stupidly, in my opinion) that taxed, regulated, legal marijuana may not be competitive with illegal marijuana. “Any...
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April 2, 2013
04/02/2013
Washington State Seeks to Keep Marijuana Out of Bars

Washington State Seeks to Keep Marijuana Out of Bars

Two Washington bars have drawn the attention of law enforcement and the liquor control board (as well as cannabis consumers) by allowing marijuana use in their businesses....
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