Tag: Washington

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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...
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...
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,...
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...
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Weedist Destinations: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

Weedist Destinations: Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA

The Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA features everything from vases to human heads to an outdoor forest made almost fully from glass. You can see artwork...
By: Mercedys
June 7, 2013
06/07/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.06.05)

The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let’s get to it: California On May 21, the Lakeport city...
June 6, 2013
06/06/2013
Great TV While High: Frasier

Great TV While High: Frasier

The first thing I will say is that I was addicted to this 11 season show before I moved to Seattle; I’m sure Frasier would say sub-consciously...
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...
May 23, 2013
05/23/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.22)

From the US Supreme Court to the local city council chambers, medical marijuana continues to be a contentious issue. Here’s the latest. National On Monday, the US Supreme...
May 22, 2013
05/22/2013
Marijuana-Fed Pigs Are Bigger and ‘More Savory’, Farmers Say

Marijuana-Fed Pigs Are Bigger and ‘More Savory’, Farmers Say

Susannah Gross, who owns a five-acre farm north of Seattle, is part of a group experimenting with a solution that seems to make the most of marijuana’s...
May 21, 2013
05/21/2013
Medical Marijuana: Big Pharma’s Campaign to Eliminate State-Sanctioned Cannabis Competitors?

Medical Marijuana: Big Pharma’s Campaign to Eliminate State-Sanctioned Cannabis Competitors?

Professor Benjamin Leff, a tax law expert at American University Washington College of Law, thinks he has a clever solution to free legit marijuana dealers from the Feds...
May 20, 2013
05/20/2013
Tully’s Coffee Owner Would Consider Selling Marijuana in His Shops

Tully’s Coffee Owner Would Consider Selling Marijuana in His Shops

Patrick Dempsey, the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor and owner of Seattle-based Tully’s Coffee said, “Coffee is good for your mind—it’s basically a legalized drug. The next step is selling...
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...
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...
May 15, 2013
05/15/2013
WA Pigs Eating Medical Marijuana Plant Leftovers

WA Pigs Eating Medical Marijuana Plant Leftovers

BB Ranch in Washington uses medical marijuana plant leftovers from a growers co-op to feed 4 pigs. The stems, leaves and undesirable small buds are fed to...
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....
May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
Weedist Destinations: Point Defiance Park

Weedist Destinations: Point Defiance Park

Being able to explore over pristine forest, beach access, playgrounds, and a zoo all in one convenient location makes Point Defiance Park a great Weedist Destination! Located...
By: Mercedys
May 13, 2013
05/13/2013
Good News, Seattle Bus Riders: You Can Now Recover Lost Marijuana

Good News, Seattle Bus Riders: You Can Now Recover Lost Marijuana

Rejoice Seattle bus riders… bus drivers will now treat legal amounts of lost marijuana (up to 1 ounce) as they would forgotten cell phones and iPods: as...
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...
May 9, 2013
05/09/2013
Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2013.05.08)

Marijuana rescheduling is headed for the US Supreme Court, the California Supreme Court upheld local dispensary bans, the feds strike again in Berkeley and Washington state, and...