Seattle Times, 07 Jan 2013 – Marijuana Market As the Liquor Control Board Writes Regulations for the New Industry, Interest Groups Are Lobbying in Hopes of Having a Say. Teams of lobbyists, lawyers, farmers and businessmen are lining up to make their case as the state begins to write the rules for growing and selling marijuana in a new legal and lucrative market.

Seattle Times, 20 Dec 2012 – 5-Year Probation, $25,000 Fine First to Be Sentenced on Federal Charges Just a year ago, Brionne Corbray was a flashy entrepreneur in the Seattle medical-marijuana market, with a late-model Mercedes-Benz and three storefront dispensaries to his name, including a White Center smoking lounge he described as "like a bar, without the alcohol."

Seattle Times, 07 Dec 2012 – Federal Ban Still Casts Haze of Uncertainty Local Law Enforcement to Take Laissez-Faire Approach Maybe even a little before 12:01 a.m. Thursday, Washingtonians started celebrating – on sidewalks, in parks, outside bars and on their own comfy couches – a new marijuana law that is among the most liberal in the world.

Seattle Times, 01 Dec 2012 – Two Seattle-based Yale MBAs emerge as the button-down straight men on the business frontier of marijuana, as legalization in Washington and Colorado turbocharged pot into a mainstream business opportunity. Brendan Kennedy’s work at Silicon Valley Bank required him to put a value on startups and emerging industries. But he quit his job and became an investor himself when he saw limitless potential in one new industry. Marijuana.

Seattle Times, 01 Dec 2012 – Seed to Store First, a Consultant Must Be Hired, and a Survey Done to Estimate How Many Users Exist in the State. The state Liquor Control Board has an interesting job in the year ahead: to get into the weeds of how marijuana is grown, sold and used.

Seattle Times, 24 Nov 2012 – Got Super Skunk in the trunk? Can you smoke pot at a magic show? Seattle police’s "Marijwhatnow?" guide to legal marijuana use is getting attention around the world. The most-read news release in Seattle police history includes advice about getting high at a magic show and what could happen if a police dog smells the ounce of "Super Skunk" stashed in the trunk.

Seattle Times, 18 Nov 2012 – Is Private Pot Smoking Employers’ Concern? Drug Tests Detect Use, Not Impairment Marijuana is legal in Washington on Dec. 6, but the new state law gives no protection from workplace drug policies. Many employers will continue to rely on tests showing marijuana use – even from weeks ago – – rather than on-the-job impairment.

Seattle Times, 09 Nov 2012 – Prosecutors and police in Washington moved Friday to swiftly back away from enforcing marijuana prohibition, even though the drug remains illegal for another month. On Friday, the elected prosecutors of King and Pierce counties, the state’s two largest, announced they will dismiss more than 220 pending misdemeanor marijuana-possession cases, retroactively applying provisions of Initiative 502 that kick in Dec. 6.

Seattle Times, 08 Nov 2012 – Washington’s grand social experiment with marijuana legalization begins Dec. 6 with a simple step: On that date, it is legal to have an ounce of the stuff, and there is little the federal government can do about it. But how the state takes the next big step – transforming the marijuana black market into a closed, regulated and taxed marketplace – is unclear. And the federal government didn’t help clarify its potential response on Wednesday.