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Drastic Changes Are Coming to Washington State's Medical Marijuana Industry

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 04/17/2015 - 08:55

Do you grow these for medical use? Major changes are coming your way. Kelly O

Ever since the state legislature convened in January, lawmakers have been bickering about basically every aspect of marijuana law. Taxes, research, home grows, medical pot—it’s all on the table and lots of it has been at the mercy of the Republicans who control the state senate. Over the last few days, a massive bill to overhaul medical marijuana has passed through the hamstrung bureaucratic swamp. Here's what it would do, which is a hell of a lot.

First, a quick refresher: The medical and recreational marijuana industries exist entirely separately in Washington. Medical growers and stores are not licensed or regulated. Some of them test their products for pesticides, for example, but there is no requirement to do so. Recreational businesses, in sharp contrast, are subject to special taxes and a bunch...

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