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Washington State Liquor Control Board

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Name: Washington State Liquor Control Board

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

States marijuana rules to keep feds away may hurt small businesses

Embedded in Washingtons planned rules governing the state's legal marijuana industry are attempts to keep the federal government from swooping in and shutting down businesses, arresting people and seizing property because marijuana is still illegal under ... [Published Birmingham Star - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Small Businesses, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Bombing

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Washington Plans Hash Ban: I-502 draft rules bar concentrates

Adults over 21 buying marijuana legally in Washington next year may not be able to find any hash in stores. Last year, voters in Colorado and Washington legalized pot for adults over 21, and ordered their state governments to craft rules for the legal ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Infusion, Pay to Play, Felony, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Self-Incrimination

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Washington Green? State Creates Logo For Legal Pot

Along with draft rules for how to become a licensed grower or seller of marijuana, the Washington State Liquor Control Board this week released the official "icon logo" that will need to be put on packages of pot and "marijuana-infused products sold at ... [Published NHPR - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Washington State Liquor Control Board, Illegal

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

What Your Recreational Marijuana Label Will Look Like in Washington State

We have gotten our first look at what the labeling should be for all recreational marijuana sold in Washington State. The Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB), which is responsible for implementing the newly approved Initiative 502, has just ... [Published Firedoglake - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Marijuana, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Fungicide, Tetrahydrocannabinol

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

The Analysis Corporation

Draft Rules for Legal Pot System, Looking for Public Input

NBCRightNow.com - Officials in Washington are taking their first stab at setting rules for the state's new legal weed industry. Read their full press release below.Liquor Control Board Issues Initial Draft Recreational Marijuana Rules for Public Comm ... [Published KNDO KNDU - May 16 2013]

Entities: The Analysis Corporation, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Traceability, Marijuana

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Pot licenses cost $1,000 under draft Washington...

OLYMPIA, Wash., — After months of study, the Washington state agency charged with overseeing the first-of-its-kind recreational cannabis market released its draft rules for the industry on Thursday.Under the proposed guidelines issued by the Washington ... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - May 17 2013]

Entities: Washington State Liquor Control Board, Large Businesses, Blueberry, Contaminate

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

State tells you how to get into the marijuana business

New proposals for regulating for the newly emerging legal marijuana industry in Washington are just out. The Washington State Liquor Control Board published 46 pages of draft rules that deal with licenses, security, advertising, labeling and retail t ... [Published MyNorthwest.com - May 16 2013]

Entities: Washington State Liquor Control Board, Security

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 3 reports

Agency developing pot rules appoints new director

OLYMPIA, Wash. The agency tasked with developing a regulated marijuana system in Washington state has chosen a new director.The Washington State Liquor Control Board announced Tuesday that it has selected Rick Garza to lead the agency's day-to-day operations. ... [Published Tacoma News Tribune - May 15 2013]

Entities: Appointed, Jay Inslee, Washington State Liquor Control Board

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Seattle’s top cop joins rally for ‘cannabis freedom’

Interim Police Chief Jim Pugel was one of several establishment officials to address an elated crowd of pot proponentsSeattle Times reporterRelatedMost Popular CommentsIn a sign of how far and how fast mainstream attitudes about pot have shifted in Washington ... [Published Seattle Times - May 12 2013]

Entities: Jim Pugel, Seattle, Cannabis, Pete Holmes

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 2 reports

NW Passage investigated for fraud

Police served a search warrant at the Northwest Passage bar in South Aberdeen Wednesday as part of a 10-month investigation into the owner, who is suspected of illegally using food purchased by welfare recipients using their government food benefits and ... [Published Individual.com - May 10 2013]

Entities: Steve Lowe, Fraud, Search Warrant

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

A cannabis evangelist

| 4:59pm EDTJamen Shively had never tried marijuana until about 18 months ago, but now he’s being hailed as the man to bring corporate credibility to the recreational cannabis industry.Shively is working to launch a retail brand of marijuana that he ... [Published Upstart Business Journal - May 02 2013]

Entities: Cannabis, Washington State Liquor Control Board, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

State board drafting pot rules loses director

OLYMPIA -- The agency creating a regulated marijuana system in Washington state will lose its director after Gov. Jay Inslee appointed her to a new job in his administration.Pat Kohler will leave the Washington State Liquor Control Board to become director ... [Published HeraldNet - May 02 2013]

Entities: Jay Inslee, Brian Smith, Technical Services

Quotes

-- "Growing operations are not limited in size or in number." By the way, the that the new rules "have been downloaded 3,373 times in 19hrs ... might be a record for interest in government rules."

Washington Green? State Creates Logo For Legal Pot [Published NHPR - 16 hours ago]

“The rule that the state can’t require the retailer to keep records of their purchasers seemed to encourage purchase for out of state shipment, "’ said Kleiman, a consultant to Washington on marijuana issues. ‘‘The Washington statute was designed to keep the whole matter in-state and the board is certainly very concerned about that.”"

Pot regulations in Washington may differ from Colorado’s [Published Bloomberg - 21 hours ago]

...earlier this year that he was "evolving" on marijuana legalization, and that he supported the rights of states to determine their own pot laws. "I don't have a problem with states experimenting with this sort of thing I think that's the role of states" Cuccinelli said, according to Ryan Nobles of WWBT . For more on Cuccinelli's "evolving" views on pot, click here

Washington State Pot Proposal Sets Licenses At $1,000 Per Year Cost [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]

"They are based upon hundreds of hours of internal research and deliberation, consultation with multiple industry experts and input from the over 3,000 individuals who attended our forums statewide" said Sharon Foster, chairwoman of the state Liquor Control Board

Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot [Published Erie Times-News - May 17 2013]

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States marijuana rules to keep feds away may hu... [Published Birmingham Star - 10 hours ago]
Washington Plans Hash Ban: I-502 draft rules ba... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - 14 hours ago]
Washington Green? State Creates Logo For Legal Pot [Published NHPR - 16 hours ago]
What Your Recreational Marijuana Label Will Loo... [Published Firedoglake - 19 hours ago]
Pot regulations in Washington may differ from C... [Published Bloomberg - 21 hours ago]
Liquor Control Board issues draft recreational ... [Published Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal - 23 hours ago]
Washington State Pot Proposal Sets Licenses At ... [Published Huffington Post - May 17 2013]
Pot licenses cost $1,000 under draft Washington... [Published Pottsdown Mercury - May 17 2013]
State unveils initial draft rules for pot growe... [Published Q13 Fox - May 17 2013]
Wash. state releases draft rules for legal pot [Published Erie Times-News - May 17 2013]
Pot licenses to cost $1,000 under draft Washing... [Published Virginia Gazette - May 17 2013]
State tells you how to get into the marijuana b... [Published MyNorthwest.com - May 16 2013]
Draft Rules for Legal Pot System, Looking for P... [Published KNDO KNDU - May 16 2013]
Black Market Elimination Fail: Draft Pot Rules ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 16 2013]
Liquor stores keep flowing into Clark County [Published Columbian.com - May 15 2013]
Tax revenue estimates from legal marijuana may ... [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]
Agency developing pot rules appoints new director [Published Tacoma News Tribune - May 15 2013]
Garza to head state Liquor Control Board [Published Seattle Times - May 14 2013]
Rick Garza to Serve as Agency Director for Stat... [Published KNDO KNDU - May 14 2013]
Seattle’s top cop joins rally for ‘cannabis fre... [Published Seattle Times - May 12 2013]
NW Passage investigated for fraud [Published Individual.com - May 10 2013]
Aberdeen bar suspected in DSHS fraud case [Published KXRO News - May 09 2013]
Cannabis cash cow? [Published BBC - May 08 2013]
Verity Credit Union Cancels Pot Bank Accounts [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 07 2013]
Stepfather and stepson arrested on federal drug... [Published U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - May 07 2013]
Whidbey liquor stores feel effects of privatiza... [Published Whidbey News-Times - May 06 2013]
Kent father, stepson indicted on drug, gun crimes [Published Kent Reporter - May 03 2013]
(New) Marijuana tax set at 25%, drug-related DU... [Published KEPR-TV - May 03 2013]
A cannabis evangelist [Published Upstart Business Journal - May 02 2013]
State board drafting pot rules loses director [Published HeraldNet - May 02 2013]

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What Your Recreational Marijuana Label Will Loo... [Published Firedoglake - 19 hours ago] We have gotten our first look at what the labeling should be for all recreational marijuana sold in Washington State. The Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB), which is responsible for implementing the newly approved Initiative 502, has just ...
Black Market Elimination Fail: Draft Pot Rules ... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 16 2013] I just puffed my last bit of hash oil, which is, coincidentally, a supply I won't be able to replenish at a legal pot store if the Washington State Liquor Control Board has its way. This morning the liquor board posted these draft rules for implementing ...
Verity Credit Union Cancels Pot Bank Accounts [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - May 07 2013] Last month, KPLU ran a story about a local credit union that accepted medical cannabis bank accounts. Under the sensational headline, " Local credit union tries on being banker to the pot industry ," the head of Verity Credit Union admitted the business ...
Don't Call Him the "Pot Czar" [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 10 2013] Meet the New Pot Adviserby Ben Livingston The Washington State Liquor Control Board took a critical step required to implement our new legalization law last month: admitting they're not pot experts. So they selected Professor Mark Kleiman, a public-policy ...
State Begins To Make Rules For Pot Retailers Bu... [Published The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper - Apr 05 2013] By December 1, the Washington State Liquor Control Board is required to create rules to license marijuana producers, processors, and retailers. The agency started the rulemaking process for producers—pot growers—last December. This week the board ...

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Wanted: marijuana consultant [Published CNN.com - Video - Feb 01 2013]

Press Releases

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Homeland Security Corporation Submits Consultan... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - Mar 05 2013]