Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 - Mason County Journal - Page C-3
Overview
A LOOK, PAST & PRESENT
Washington and Colorado are the
only governments in history -- as
far as anyone can tell -- to regu-
late the production, processing and
sale of marijuana.
Legal
WHEN A GROW IS RAIDED
An account of how a King County
marijuana grower in his mid-20s
saw his premises raided just one
week before Christmas.
Retail
SPOTLIGHT ON SELLING
Mikhail Carpenter, spokesperson
for the state Liquor Control Board,
talks about what customers should
know about purchasing marijuana
in Washington.
Dispensaries
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Dispensary owners find themselves
in murky legal waters where their
business could end tomorrow with
one court ruling, a shift in the po-
litical culture, or one crackdown by
the U.S. Attorney's Office. And with
recreational marijuana now legal,
their future remains uncertain.
Law enforcement
COPS FREED UP BY LAW
After a year and a half, law enforce-
ment officers are still in a holding
pattern, waiting to see what trends
show up in the arrest data over the
next few years. Despite their im-
pressions, arrests and prosecutions
for marijuana possession have de-
creased in the past year.
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Producers
BIG BUSINESS
It's the biggest business opportu-
nity since cellphones, a new crop
to boost struggling farming com-
munities and the end of a modern
prohibition. That's how Mason
County's marijuana producers and
processors describe the advent of a
legal commercial Cannabis industry
in Washington.
Alternative medicine
PROCESSING DREAMS
Deb Petersen, seeking a license in
the Skokomish Valley with her busi-
ness Crema de Gala, will infuse oils,
lotions and soaps with marijuana,
exploiting its pain-relieving quali-
ties.
Prohibited locations
NOT LEGAL EVERYWHERE
The legalization of marijuana use
in Washington doesn't mean you
can fire up a joint on the Skokomish
Indian reservation, on the Staircase
trail or in the Dosewallips camp-
ground.
A personal story
YIN AND YANG OF POT
A reporter's brush with pot opens
senses, creates confusion during a
trip to Hawaii. Tremendous insight
often accompanies tremendous
paranoia. That's the yin and yang of
marijuana.
Banking
NOTHING BUT CASH
If you own a business related to
marijuana sales or if you're a grower
or processor selling to those busi-
nesses, your anxiety and potential
problems far exceed your employ-
ees' worries because you're dealing
with far higher stacks of cash.
Sharon Foster
Q&A, LIQUOR BOARD BOSS
The Mason County Journal talks to
Sharon Foster, chairwoman of the
Washington state Liquor Control
Board, which is the agency that was
given the job, through Initiative
502, of writing and administering
the rules for the state's recreational
marijuana businesses.
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END OF PROHIBITION
Congress and the
tobacco industry in
1932 made marijuana
illegal, then Class I,
to strangle an historic
beneficial and spiritual
plant and substance.
Politicians and
interests corporate
raked in "legal"
political and private
jails to destroy and
jail many providers of
marijuana.
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