Bank of America Wants Washington’s Weed Money
SEATTLE, WA — The State of Washington’s banking contract is up for renewal, and the government is searching for a bank that will explicitly accept large quantities of drug money, according to The...
View ArticleWashington Estimates 123 Joints Per Toker, Plus Lots of Hash Oil
Is the joint losing its relevance? That’s the critical question asked by the Seattle Times. Washington State estimates potheads in the state consume around 160-170 metric tons of cannabis flowers...
View ArticleWho Really Speaks for Children in Marijuana Debate?
SEATTLE, WA — During forty years of costly militarized civil policing targeting consensual adult use of mood-altering plants, American politicians have maintained as their strongest argument for...
View ArticleWashington Patients Disrupt Recreational Pot Hearing
SEATTLE, WA — The state agency overseeing legal cannabis in Washington State held a public forum in Seattle on final rules for pot businesses expected to open next year. Medical marijuana patients,...
View ArticleWashington’s Highest Court May Let Lawyers Smoke Pot
SEATTLE, WA — Attorneys across Washington State are advising cannabis clients on the ins and outs of running a legal pot business, and some of that advice may violate federal law. So the Washington...
View ArticleWashington City Pursues Legal Pot License
SEATTLE, WA — Dozens of Washington cities have passed legal pot moratoriums in the wake of voter-approved cannabis stores, yet more cities are now enacting legal cannabis zoning regulations. One city...
View ArticleWashington State Proposes Medical Pot Repeal
SEATTLE — Regulators in Washington State have proposed repealing most of the state’s medical cannabis law to help ensure the profitability of the new recreational pot law. Earlier this year,...
View ArticleVideo Released of Pot-Charged Washington Man Who Died in Jail
Last year, 22-year-old Michael Saffioti turned himself in to police in Snohomish County, Washington for an outstanding warrant related to a marijuana possession charge. Authorities tossed the pot...
View ArticleWashington Needs 175 Tons of Weed for 2014
Washingtonians are gonna need anywhere from 135 to 225 metric tons of cannabis in the coming year, according to newly revised estimates from researchers at RAND. That amount is double previous...
View ArticleHistoric, half-ton pot auction in Washington Saturday
Cannabis farmers have gone from watching the federal government auction off their seized property to doing some auctioning of their own. The Oregonian reports this week on Randy Williams, owner of...
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