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Underage Marijuana Sales on Par With Underage Liquor Sales

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 15:18

High-school stoner looking to score weed or undercover agent? 

As Heidi mentioned in Morning News, minors in Washington State seem about as likely to get away with buying legal weed as buying beer from a supermarket.

Yesterday, the Washington State Liquor Control Board announced that 19 of the state's 157 recreational marijuana stores had sold to underage, undercover buyers—an 87.9 percent compliance rate, which is roughly the same as the state's rate of underage alcohol sales. (Underage sales of illegal drugs, of course, have a zero percent compliance rate.)

LCB spokesperson Brian Smith says the agency sent "investigative aides" to each of the state's recreational weed shops to see if they could buy marijuana. (If you're between the ages of 17.5 and 19 and need a summer job, see these job listings. Working for the LCB pays $10.85 an hour—but if you're a decent writer, I bet you'd get a...

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