New UW School of Law group to study marijuana regulation for state of Washington

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A new group at the University of Washington School of Law will spend the 2015-16 academic year studying existing and emerging markets for marijuana, to assist and inform the state as it prepares to blend current medical and recreational markets for cannabis.

It’s called the Cannabis Law and Policy Project, and is overseen by law professor Sean O’Connor and funded by an $185,000 grant through the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

Senate Bill 5052, signed into law by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in April, merges the state’s medical cannabis market with the recreational market approved by voters in 2012 via Initiative 502.

“Right now, state agencies, the emerging cannabis industry and the public are looking for trusted, objective sources of research and information,” O’Connor said. The UW’s Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute has already played a valuable role in such matters, he noted, especially...

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