Washington Initiative 502 (I-502) marijuana reform passed in November 2012 by the voters of Washington state. This legalized recreational marijuana and new recreational licenses would be available to business owners. Recreational sales began on July 8, 2014 for persons over the age of 21. Initiative 502 licenses and regulates marijuana production, distribution, and possession for persons over 21; remove state-law criminal and civil penalties for activities that it authorizes. It taxes marijuana sales and earmarks marijuana-related revenues. The new tightly regulated and licensed system is similar to those used to control alcohol. Washington State’s liquor control board originally set the number of retail outlets at 334, taking into account population, security and safety issues, and discouraging illegal markets. Due to recent legislation which allows current dispensaries to transfer over the number of retail outlets will increase to 556. Recreational stores can sell cannabis in the form of flower, concentrates, edibles and topicals. In addition, under certain guidelines they can sell paraphernalia along with cannabis products. Individuals twenty-one years of age or older are legally authorized to possess and use one ounce of marijuana, seven grams of concentrate, sixteen ounces of cannabis infused product in solid form, seventy two ounces of cannabis infused product in liquid form and marijuana related drug paraphernalia.
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Kush Valley Farm & Extraction Center Tour Nestled in the Goetz Valley, locally known as Kush Valley, is the grow and extract operation created by young entrepreneurs and friends. Building all green houses, structures and … Read more
Current trends in product supply and demand point towards price stabilization. With the current product cost and tax structure, our prices for flower should range from $14 to $25 per gram. Some growers are holding … Read more
Hang on tight! Our legislators are hard at work refining the laws, rules and regulations. Our view is that the medical market will be brought under the scrutiny of the LCB and that medical dispensaries … Read more