Tag: Washington

(505 posts)
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?
May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Seattle MMJ Collective Speaks Up About DEA Shutdown

Seattle MMJ Collective Speaks Up About DEA Shutdown

Last week, 11 Seattle medical marijuana businesses received shutdown letters from the DEA. One of those targeted is a small medical marijuana collective in Ballard, The Only Natural,...
May 6, 2013
05/06/2013
Kal Penn of “Harold & Kumar” Off-base for Defending Obama Attacks in Medical Marijuana States

Kal Penn of “Harold & Kumar” Off-base for Defending Obama Attacks in Medical Marijuana States

Last week, Kal Penn, who plays Kumar in the “stoner” film franchise Harold & Kumar, spoke to Huffington Post Live about President Obama’s marijuana policies. During the April 26th interview, Penn...
May 2, 2013
05/02/2013
CNN Money Video – Is a Cannabis Pill the Drug of the Future?

CNN Money Video – Is a Cannabis Pill the Drug of the Future?

CNN Money has been talking quite a bit about cannabis lately, a welcome change for Weedists everywhere and especially for those in the cannabis industry. This video...
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...
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...
April 30, 2013
04/30/2013
Supersonics Chronic? Not Looking So Good

Supersonics Chronic? Not Looking So Good

I can’t even express how upsetting David Stern and the NBA Relocation committee have been over the last 24 hours. As a Seattlite, I was so looking...
April 30, 2013
04/30/2013
WA Judge Orders Police to Return Man’s Marijuana – Again

WA Judge Orders Police to Return Man’s Marijuana – Again

On February 28, 2013, Tacoma, WA Judge Jack Emery ordered Tacoma Police to return confiscated medical marijuana to a patient (marijuana charges against the patient had been...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
April 17, 2013
04/17/2013
WA Senate Approves Bill for Dropped Marijuana

WA Senate Approves Bill for Dropped Marijuana

Washington’s Senate unanimously approved a bill to protect stores containing pharmacies from licensing problems that could arise from accidentally dropped marijuana. The bill sets up handling procedures when finding...
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...
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...
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....
March 20, 2013
03/20/2013
Mark Kleiman Wins Washington Marijuana Legalization Implementation Contract

Mark Kleiman Wins Washington Marijuana Legalization Implementation Contract

Prominent policy analyst and UCLA professor Mark Kleiman has won Washington State’s consulting contract on I-502 implementation. According to Northwest Public Radio, “Washington’s Liquor Control Board wants consulting help in...
March 13, 2013
03/13/2013
Copenhagen, Denmark Wants to Import Cannabis from Washington and Colorado

Copenhagen, Denmark Wants to Import Cannabis from Washington and Colorado

Seattlepi received a news tip Monday night from The Copenhagen Post’s news editor, Justin Cremer, who explains that city officials in the capital of Denmark are anxious to legalize...
March 8, 2013
03/08/2013
CO and WA State Law Might Be in Violation of International Treaties

CO and WA State Law Might Be in Violation of International Treaties

As reported on Denver’s Westword earlier this week, Colorado and Washington state law that makes small quantities of marijuana possession legal might just be in violation of...
March 8, 2013
03/08/2013
US Attorney General to Respond “Relatively Soon” to Cannabis Legalization

US Attorney General to Respond “Relatively Soon” to Cannabis Legalization

United States Attorney General Eric Holder told members of the US Senate that the Obama administration is still formulating its policy in regards to states that have legalized the...
By: NORML