Sensible Washington, a grassroots group comprised of thousands of Washington citizens, today filed an initiative to the people which would legalize marijuana for adults aged 18 years or older.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana legalization group Sensible Washington has put up a large billboard on the side of the I-5 freeway near Seattle that displays a pot leaf and reads "Because drug dealers don't ID - Legalize in 2011".
The Washington Department of Revenue has launched a statewide effort to collect sales tax from medical marijuana dispensaries - even as some prosecutors and the Health Department maintain such dispensaries are illegal.
Drug policy reform activists, buoyed by polls showing a strong majority of voters in Washington support ending the government's crusade against cannabis, are aiming to legalize marijuana by presenting the issue to the public on the November 2011 ballot. But here's the strange thing: it's possible their politicians might beat them to it.
A showdown between the city of Tacoma and eight marijuana dispensaries was averted Tuesday after both sides called on the state Legislature to spell out more clearly how medical-marijuana patients can legally access the drug if they don't grow it themselves.
Medical cannabis providers in Tacoma, Washington were served with cease and desist notices by the city on Friday, an escalation in what activists are calling the city’s war on medical cannabis.