Being a convicted felon will no longer prevent people from getting a license to sell cannabis in Washington, which was the nation’s first state to legalize adult-use cannabis along with Colorado.
As it stands, most U.S. states require a criminal background check for applicants seeking a license to sell or grow cannabis; anyone with a felony or a few misdemeanor convictions is deemed ineligible. That changes next month in Washington, reported KOMO News.
“I think it’s great what the state is doing in terms of allowing people who have issues in the past, to be able to qualify,” said Tran Du, co-owner of Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis in Seattle.
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