Seattle Times, 07 Nov 2012 – State Makes History As Voters Approve I-502 Washington enthusiastically leapt into history Tuesday, becoming the first state, with Colorado, to reject federal drug-control policy and legalize recreational marijuana use.

Seattle Times, 28 Oct 2012 – I-502 Would Legalize Use, Define Impairment Lack of Clear Answers Fuels Fight Over Measure Under a clear blue Southern California sky, four editors of Car and Driver magazine stepped on a closed driving course and got, as they later wrote, "stoned back to the bomb age."

Seattle Times, 21 Oct 2012 – While Initiative 502’s call for marijuana legalization was conceived with Seattle sensibilities, the campaign is trying to woo Eastern Washington voters with conservative and libertarian messages. It’s a tough sell. SPOKANE – On a rainy Sunday in downtown Spokane, Rick Steves jumped on stage to evangelize for marijuana legalization.

Seattle Times, 12 Oct 2012 – Election 2012 Group’s Analysis Mirrors Arguments Made for Legalization Effort A new analysis of crime data has found more than 241,000 people in Washington were arrested for marijuana possession over the past 25 years, most of them in the past 10 years.

Seattle Times, 08 Oct 2012 – No Inspections Labs Provide the Only Outside Quality Control The kitchen in the weather-beaten beachfront cabin near Olympia is cramped and freckled with mysterious brown stains. A shaggy dog named Butter is poking around, and a quarter-sized spider dangles at the window.

Seattle Times, 05 Oct 2012 – Election 2012 Even law-enforcement groups largely silent about initiative to legalize, tax marijuana As one of the few public faces opposing marijuana legalization this year, Pat Slack has gotten hostile calls at home and work, calling him "Hitler," old and an idiot.

Seattle Times, 02 Oct 2012 – The campaign to legalize recreational marijuana has received two boosts: another $1 million in donations, and a vote of approval from King County Sheriff Steve Strachan. The biggest donation to Initiative 502 came from Progressive Insurance founder and marijuana-legalization advocate Peter Lewis. His $670,000 donation last week brings his total contribution to $1.55 million, more than a third of I-502’s total donations of nearly $4 million.

Commercial Appeal, 30 Sep 2012 – SEATTLE – In the waning days of a campaign to legalize marijuana in California two years ago, all nine ex-directors of the Drug Enforcement Administration simultaneously urged Obama officials to come out in strong opposition. The pressure worked: Attorney General Eric Holder declared his office would "vigorously enforce" the federal ban on marijuana "even if such activities are permitted under state law."

Seattle Times, 21 Sep 2012 – Its Action Closes Some Dispensaries Some Officials Join Courthouse Rally The allies and the sellers of medical marijuana rallied Thursday against federal intervention, demanding local control over a plant that is simultaneously legal and illegal.

Seattle Times, 11 Sep 2012 – Election 2012 Unexpected Move Aimed at Helping Minority Kids; Prominent Groups Line Up on Both Sides of I-502 As Washington weighs its first chance to legalize recreational marijuana, prominent groups are taking sides about the initiative’s potential impact on children.