Washington Medical Marijuana News
Feb 22, 2012
Whidbey Examiner, 17 Feb 2012 - "It's not a question of should there be a medical marijuana law, or who supports it, but how we follow the current law here," Langley Mayor Larry Kwarsick said at a Langley City Council workshop last week. About 80 people, including the full city council and Langley Police Chief Randy Heston, gathered to talk about whether the council should approve Lucas Jushinski's business-license application for a medical marijuana "access point" in Langley.
Feb 21, 2012
The Columbian, 20 Feb 2012 - County Commissioners Correctly Decide to Protect Employees From Prosecution Athough many local residents might suspect there's a legalizing-pot debate under way among Clark County leaders, that's really not the case. A more accurate description is that of a legal dilemma. County commissioners are caught in a tug of war between a new state law that allows collective medical marijuana gardens, and federal law that prohibits growing, distributing and possessing the substance.Last year, the commissioners made the right call when they imposed a moratorium on implementing the state law, and now they say they will extend that moratorium beyond its July expiration date. That, too, appears to be a correct decision, even more so in light of a recent letter to county commissioners from the U.S. Department of Justice. As Stephanie Rice reported in Friday's Columbian, commissioners had asked the feds if county employees would be immune from prosecution if they perform tasks related to zoning and permitting of state-sanctioned collective medical! marijuana gardens. That seems to be a question of profound importance, especially of county employees who don't want to face federal criminal charges for doing their jobs.
Feb 20, 2012
Issaquah Reporter, 17 Feb 2012 - By a vote of 6-1 Tuesday night, the Sammamish city council supported a motion by former mayor Don Gerend, to authorize mayor Tom O'Dell to sign the Association of Washington Cities Mayor's letter in support of reclassification of marijuana. Ironically, O'Dell cast the one dissenting vote.
Feb 18, 2012
Sammamish Review, 17 Feb 2012 - The Sammamish City Council threw their support behind Gov. Chris Gregoire's push to have the federal government reclassify marijuana -- a potential step forward for its medical use. By a 6-1 vote, the council voted to have Mayor Tom Odell sign a letter prepared by the Association of Washington Cities supporting the reclassification of marijuana as a "Schedule II" drug, meaning it has accepted medicinal uses. The federal government currently classifies it as a "Schedule I" drug, without medicinal value and on par with heroin and LSD.
Feb 18, 2012
Kent Reporter, 17 Feb 2012 - The smoke-filled room of medical marijuana legislation in Olympia will continue to be shrouded in haze. Many folks in Kent and members of the City Council were hoping the Legislature would clear the air on the medical marijuana issue, which had caused a considerable dose of consternation at several council meetings and in the Economic and Community Development Committee.
Feb 18, 2012
South Whidbey Record, 18 Feb 2012 - LANGLEY - The plans for a medical marijuana "access point" in the Village by the Sea got a warm but wary welcome from city officials at a special council workshop this week. Lucas Jushinski, a 35-year-old Freeland resident, Iraq War veteran and combat medic, has applied for a business license with hopes to set up Island Alternative Medicine behind the All Washed-Up Laundromat on Second Street.
Feb 18, 2012
Issaquah Reporter, 17 Feb 2012 - The Sammamish City Council took a gutsy - but needed - stand this week on medical marijuana by voting to authorize Mayor Tom O'Dell to sign a letter in favor of reclassification of the substance. The council's move supports an effort by the Suburban Cities Association. The issue of marijuana, medical or not, brings up strong emotions in people. To some it's evil and its use never should be allowed. Others want it legalized and taxed and controlled as cigarettes or liquor are now. A third view cites marijuana's benefits in helping those with debilitating or terminal illness.
Feb 18, 2012
North Kitsap Herald, 17 Feb 2012 - POULSBO - Poulsbo City Council members say they are stuck between a rock and a hard place. The council discussed the current moratorium on allowing collective gardens for growing medical cannabis Wednesday night. The moratorium was set in September to buy the council time to interpret the law and decide if collective gardens fit into the city's zoning code.
Feb 17, 2012
The Columbian, 16 Feb 2012 - Clark County commissioners said Wednesday they will extend a moratorium on collective medical marijuana gardens. Adopted last year, the moratorium is set to expire in July. The gardens are permissible under state law.
Feb 17, 2012
Port Orchard Independent, 15 Feb 2012 - With little discussion or public input, the Port Orchard City Council extended a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries and another on collective gardens for six more months. Each moratorium has now been in effect for a year. When a six-month extension was approved in August, it was with the intention to give city staff more time to develop appropriate land-use and zoning regulations for medical marijuana collective gardens and dispensaries.
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