Seattle Times, 20 Jun 2013 – Outdoor Growing, New Logo Suggested Allowing Hashish Sales Also Mentioned Often Allow outdoor pot growing and don’t ban the sale of hash and hash oil.

Austin American-Statesman, 19 Jun 2013 – Aggressive Business Plan Will Open Pot Shops That Make $120k Profit a Month. SEATTLE (AP) – For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country.

Seattle Times, 19 Jun 2013 – Muraco Kyashna-Tocha started the Green Buddha marijuana dispensary in an unlabeled Seattle storefront in 2008. In 2009, she applied for a business license. In 2010, she began paying taxes and, in 2012, she passed a tax audit. She says, "And I expect to shut in April 2014" when the stores for the public are open for business.

Oneida Daily Dispatch, 18 Jun 2013 – SEATTLE (AP)- For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country. With visionary zeal, the 45- year-old former Microsoft manager described his plans to a conference room packed with reporters and supporters last month, saying he was tired of waiting for a green light from the Obama administration, which still hasn’t said how it will respond to the legalization of recreational pot in Washington and Colorado. Shively vowed to quickly raise $ 10 million and eventually build his company, Diego Pellicer, into an international pot powerhouse.

Boston Herald, 18 Jun 2013 – Jamen Shively , a 45-year-old former Microsoft manager, wants to build a cannabis empire in Washington state, where pot was legalized last fall, saying he was tired of waiting for a green light from the Obama administration, which still hasn’t said how it will respond to the legalization of recreational pot in Washington and Colorado. Shively vowed to quickly raise $10 million and eventually build his company, Diego Pellicer, into an international pot powerhouse. – -Staff and Wire reports. – — MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom

Seattle Times, 15 Jun 2013 – Backers Bemoan Lack of Action Others Press to Square Law With Feds WASHINGTON – It’s been seven months since Washington voters legalized recreational marijuana in defiance of federal law – and contrary to the personal beliefs of most of the state’s representatives in Congress.

Kent Reporter, 14 Jun 2013 – Kent city officials are trying to determine how to handle the new recreational marijuana rules under consideration by the Washington State Liquor Control Board (WSLCB) that could bring marijuana retailers and growers to Kent. David Galazin, assistant city attorney, sent a letter last week to the liquor board trying to "clarify the relationship between the board’s regulatory authority and a municipality’s general police powers to regulate business activity and provide for appropriate zones regulating the use of land within corporate borders," according to the letter.

Seattle Times, 14 Jun 2013 – The city of Seattle embraces pot tourism and wants state regulators to consider allowing private clubs where visitors could consume marijuana, according to a letter sent to state regulators by City Attorney Pete Holmes. Mayor Mike McGinn supports the letter. City Council President Sally Clark said the council has not formally approved it.

Seattle Times, 13 Jun 2013 – NEW LAW | Public-Health Advocates and Others Want Tough Rules to Limit Youth Access to Recreational Marijuana. and They Say the State Can Learn From Restrictions on Alcohol and Tobacco Marketing and Successful Strategies Used to Persuade Kids Not to Smoke Don’t expect kids to have a lot easier access to pot under the state’s new law allowing adults to possess an ounce of marijuana.

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