Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014 -Mason County Journal- Page C-17
PENDING MASON COUNTY RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA STORE LICENSES
What customers should know about
buying marijuana at retailers
As of Aug, 25, no state-sanctioned marijuana stores are open in Mason County.
The state Liquor Control Board allotted the county four stores, and one for 5hel-
ton. Out of 21 applicants for stores in Mason County, only the top finishers have
a shot at opening stores. Because only one applicant applied for a license in
Shelton, no lottery was necessary. Statewide, the Liquor Control Board received
more than 2,100 applications for retail stores; about 2,600 for producer (grower)
licenses); and about 1,900 for processor licenses. The state put a limit of 334
recreational stores for the state.
Here are, according to the Liquor Control Board's website, the county's top five
lottery winners, including the address on the application, and the application for
Shelton. All the retail licenses in Mason County, including Shelton, are pending:
MASON COUNTY
Business: The Root Cellar
Location: 23730 state Route
3, Suite B, Belfair
*Business: EZ Daze
Location: 211 E. North Bay Road, Allyn
*Business: EZ Daze
Location: 20 E. Wheelwright St., Allyn
Business: Belfair Marijuana Depot
Location: 25603 NE state Route 3, Belfair
Below is an interview with tem is up and running fully, Carpenter: No. You can- Business: Bomar Holdings
Mikhail Carpenter, spokes- it's really hard to tell. I expect not advertise therapeutic ef- Location: 23490 NE state Route 3, Belfair
person for the state Liquor it will probably be pretty fects. The reason for that is
Control Board. The interview expensive in the beginning this is a recreational market, Business: CBD Associates
was conducted before the first as supply chains get workednot a medicinal marijuana Location: 935 E. Johns Prairie Road, Shelt0n
stores opened July 8. out. There will be a big rush market. That's completely
on stores and there probably separate from what this is.
Question: How much mar- won't be as much product They cannot talk about the CITY OF SHELTON
ijuana can you buy in one visit before the market gets estab- medicinal value. 1-502 was Business: Tidehaven Recreation
to a store? lished. You start getting all expressly written to not affect Location: 118 S. Third St., Shelton
these producers producing on 1-502. There is an entire medi-
Carpenter: You can buy schedules, the price will prob- cal marijuana market that * EZ Daze will be limited to one retail license and
1 ounce of marijuana dried ably drop. Dispensaries areexists separate from this and lottery list will take its place.
flowers, between $10 and $15 a gram,so if you're looking for medi-
depending on what you are cine, you need to be accessing
Question: Can I go to an- buying, it different market.
other store and get the same you can sell in the store be-
amount on the same day? Question: Will there be Question: If you present cause you can only sell mari-
cameras on site taking my a medical marijuana card, do juana and marijuana-infused
Carpenter: There is noth- picture? you get a discount? products.
ing that prevents you from
doing that. The onus is on the Carpenter: Absolutely. Carpenter: No. Again, it's Question: How is the mar-
customer. There are security require-two separate systems, ijuana to be displayed?
ments on all licensees. Ulti-
Question: What are the mately you're dealing with Question: Will you need to Carpenter: It has to be in
penalties for getting caughta controlled substance thatpresent ID? sealed packages behind the Carpenter: Only from li-
with more than 1 ounce? is still illegal according to counter. Stores are allowedcensed marijuana producers
the federal government. TheCarpenter: Yes. You have to have sniff jars so custom- in Washington state. And it
Carpenter: Possession federal government has saidto prove you're over 21. ers can smell the marijuana, can come from anywhere in
limits are what was set out we want this to be a highly but they can't touch it. Ev- the state. If someone is grow-
in the law (Initiative 502). regulated and a very tight Question: Will there be erything has to be packageding incredibly great mari-
None of the penalties have system so part of that is hav- any record of your visit at a -- that was one of the things juana at a 21,O00-square-foot
changed for possession over ing cameras, store? in the initiative. The label on production facility in Walla
the amount that was allowed the package will include the Walla, you can purchase that
by 1-502. If you go from one Question: Can I buy mari- Carpenter: There will be strain, the THC content, the product from there and sell
store to the other purchasing juana-smoking gear in a retail a sales receipt, but you won't moisture content, it in Olympia or Vancouver
multiple ounces of marijuana store? have to sign your name or or wherever there's a retail
and you get busted, you're have a photocopy made of Question: Can they serve store. Also, where it is grown
still looking at a felony. TheCarpenter: Yes you can. your identification .... You're you if you're visibly high?will be furnished on the la-
criminal penalties changed As a matter of fact, that's re- just making a transaction as bel.
only for people over the age of ally the only thing outsideyou would anywhere else. Carpenter: There is noth-
21 who stay within the posses- of marijuana products that ing in law or rule that address Question: How does a
sion limits (1 ounce), people in stores are allowed Question: Can I buy that subject, but the retail person know what she wants
to sell. You can sell mari-products that are heavy in licensee can always refuse a if she's a novice user of mari-
Question: Do I have to use juana; you can sell marijuana- cannibidinol, which is a non- sale if they feel that the per- juana?
cash at the retail stores? infused products; you can sell intoxicating cannibinoid (the son is intoxicated.
marijuana paraphernalia; and marijuana plant has about 60 Carpenter: How do you
Carpenter: Presently, yes. you can probably sell your of them)? Question: Can stores give know what beer you want
We've heard that some insti- store's branded logo. But you out free samples? when you turn 21? You give it
tutions in Colorado are able to can't sell cigarettes or video Carpenter: You could, as a shot, you go in and look. You
use credit cards, but here it's games or food. You can't in- long as the THC (the intoxi- Carpenter: No. However, talk with whoever's behind
going be store to store on what corporate these stores into an cating element in marijuana) there is sampling between the counter. Again, you can't
they can take. The expecta- existing business, content is not below 0.3 per- producer and processor and talk about the therapeutic val-
tion is it will be in cash. cent. Marijuana that has less processor and retailer. As ue, but you can say this strain
Question: Can people than 0.3 percent THC is nota producer, you want to be has 17 percent THC so it's a
Question: How much is it behind the counter give technically considered mari- able to sell your product to high THC content marijuana
going to cost a gram? therapeutic advice on the juana according to the way a processor, so there is a or this is 10 percent THC.
best strains for any ailments the initiative was written. So mechanism in the rules that
Carpenter: Until the sys- people might have? that's actually not something allows for a small amount of - Kirk Ericson
the next application on the
marijuana from a producer
to go to processor to smoke to
see whether or not that prod-
uct is something they want
to buy.
Question: Where does the
marijuana come from?
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