Tag: Washington

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October 15, 2013
10/15/2013
“Excuse Me, Are You Smoking Weed?”

“Excuse Me, Are You Smoking Weed?”

“Excuse me, are you smoking weed?” This is what my roommate said to me as he was walking down the front yard and saw me chilling having...
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October 14, 2013
10/14/2013
Weedist Destinations: Roslyn, WA

Weedist Destinations: Roslyn, WA

“Northern Exposure was filmed here,” he found himself saying. The expanse and beauty that sidelines Washington’s patch of Interstate 90 (a crazy straw of a road with intricate...
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October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.10.09)

The feds back off in some Southern California asset forfeiture cases, an Iowa newspaper tells local authorities to back off from prosecuting a cancer patient, and several...
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October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
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October 7, 2013
10/07/2013
Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Washington To Hold Cannabis Business Licensing Seminars

Licensing staff from Washington’s Liquor Control Board have scheduled several seminars to inform interested entrepreneurs about the cannabis business licensing process.
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October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

Boro Derby 2013 Seattle Begins Tomorrow: Glass World Faces and Races Off

The elite artists of the borosilicate glass world (ya know, the crazy headie pipe guys) are making truly unprecedented money right now. Wouldn’t it be nice if...
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October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Defelonization – The Next Step in Winding Down the Drug War

Defelonization – The Next Step in Winding Down the Drug War

Thirteen states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government have already passed laws making simple drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a felony, and the momentum...
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September 26, 2013
09/26/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.25)

Oregon begins moving toward a regulated dispensary system, Massachusetts advances down the dispensary path, New Jersey’s governor signs a medical marijuana bill, and much, much more. Let’s...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Medical Marijuana Patient Needs $5,000 to Protect His Daughter From CPS

Ten month old Lilly Fisher has been in CPS custody since April when her father requested their help rescuing her from an extremely unsafe situation while in...
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September 25, 2013
09/25/2013
Marijuana Users Face Plenty Of Unknowns

Marijuana Users Face Plenty Of Unknowns

In a great article on The Spokesman-Review, Adrian Rogers describes the warning labels that will appear on Washington recreational marijuana. He notes the lack of studies about...
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September 19, 2013
09/19/2013
Tolerating Pot With a Frown – the Feds Had Little Choice

Tolerating Pot With a Frown – the Feds Had Little Choice

In a great article on Reason, Jacob Sullum explains that the federal government had little choice but to accept the legalization of cannabis in Washington and Colorado....
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September 18, 2013
09/18/2013
Interim Zoning Rules: A Smarter Alternative to Moratoriums

Interim Zoning Rules: A Smarter Alternative to Moratoriums

Bainbridge, Washington is considering interim zoning rules for retail marijuana shops, primarily because they know a moratorium sends the wrong message to voters that approved legalization. The...
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September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Dabbin Like Hell @ High Times Seattle Cannabis Cup 2013

Dabbin Like Hell @ High Times Seattle Cannabis Cup 2013

I must have dabbed so hard I missed Aeslip, talk about a good problem. Hopefully, you’ve already read his terrific account Adventures at the Cannabis Cup ....
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September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
First NFL Season Sans Prohibition

First NFL Season Sans Prohibition

After what seemed an interminably long offseason (at least to football fans), the NFL is finally back into action. This marks the first year that cannabis is legal in...
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September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Legal Marijuana States Move Forward With Rules

Legal Marijuana States Move Forward With Rules

Colorado this week became the first legal marijuana state to set its final rules for pot commerce, but Washington state isn’t far behind. Voters in the two...
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September 12, 2013
09/12/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.11)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.11)

Comments in the Senate Judiciary Committee provided hope that medical marijuana’s banking problems may be ending, California communities continue to tussle over the issue, and a New...
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September 10, 2013
09/10/2013
Adventures at Seattle Cannabis Cup 2013

Adventures at Seattle Cannabis Cup 2013

This past weekend the 2013 Seattle Cannabis Cup was held in Fremont, a tight little neighborhood just a few miles from my house. Presented by High Times,...
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September 9, 2013
09/09/2013
White House On Marijuana: Nothing’s Really Changed

White House On Marijuana: Nothing’s Really Changed

Because I signed one of those pro-cannabis online petitions once upon a time, the White House sent me a follow-up email that made reference to last week’s...
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September 5, 2013
09/05/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.04)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.09.04)

Federal prosecutors speak out on how the Justice Department’s new stance on legalization will affect their medical marijuana prosecutions (not much), an initiative’s language gets rejected for...
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August 29, 2013
08/29/2013
AG Eric Holder Says Yes Weed Can to States that Legalized Recreational Cannabis

AG Eric Holder Says Yes Weed Can to States that Legalized Recreational Cannabis

In what may come as a surprise to many weed advocates, Attorney General Eric Holder assured the governors of Washington and Colorado on Thursday that the federal government will...
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