Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board Publishes Enforcement Data

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The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) has released data regarding its enforcement actions between Sept. 2014 and early July.

The data shows that the LCB has been involved in more than 4,500 enforcement actions with licensed recreational marijuana facilities.

The term ‘enforcement action’ can be misleading. Such actions aren’t always related to rule-breaking. They may simply be standard regulatory outreach measures, such as licensing inspections.

According to LCB reports, 65% of the enforcement actions were phone calls and premises checks, while 13% were license inspections. Just 12% were related to complaints against businesses.

In other cases, these actions are initiated by complaints and can result in penalties against the company. The LCB penalized 143 firms 274 times in the 10-month period beginning in September. The most common violation was a failure to establish or maintain “traceability of inventory.”

Among the 274 violations, 57% involved fines, which ranged from...

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