Tag: Washington
Police in Washington State gunned down a man that was running away from them with his hands up. The incident took place on Tuesday in the city of Pasco, and was caught on camera multiple witnesses. As reported by King5 news in Washington, the police had been called in to response to reports that the […]
Next Tuesday brings midterm elections and since Congress will be useless regardless of who is elected, the only thing that matters on ballots is who will be legalizing weed. After Washington and Colorado became the first states to fully legalize in 2012, we have four ballot measures this year for varying degrees. Oregon and Alaska are […]
An Associated Press update from Washington, where pot is supposedly legal: Larry Harvey, a 70-year-old medical marijuana patient with no criminal history, three of his relatives and a family friend each face mandatory minimum sentences of at least 10 years in prison after they were caught growing about 70 pot plants on their rural, mountainous property. […]
Last week, we learned that a bill in California’s state legislature could ban dispensaries from legally selling high-THC cannabis concentrates, and now, it appears Washington is taking the opposite tack. The state’s House and Senate voted to approve House Bill 2304, which calls to legalize retail sale of dabs. NORML explains more: As passed, the measure […]
Big news in Colorado and Washington: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the governors of the two states that the federal Department of Justice would not interfere with their recent legalization of recreational cannabis. Though the citizens of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize last year, that hasn’t stopped federal authorities from raiding dispensaries in […]
Drug enforcement authorities in Washington are encountering an unusual but awesome problem after the state voted to legalize recreational use of cannabis last year: re-training drug dogs to “unsmell” weed. It’s not a requirement in the state, but departments in Seattle, Bremerton, and Bellevue have opted to either have veteran dogs go through unsmelling training or […]