LA Weekly, 05 Dec 2012 – A Primer for Potential Pot Tourists. Vancouver is rarely touted for its progressive politics, but Portland’s sister city to the north now may now have one solid, um, high point. With passage of ballot initiative I-502, Washington joined Colorado this year as one of the first two U.S. states to legalize pot for recreational use. Meanwhile, Oregon’s own campaign to legalize non-medical marijuana, Measure 80, went down in flames.

The Columbian, 06 Dec 2012 – Action comes as new law takes effect A 32-year-old Beaverton, Ore., man was speeding at rush hour on Sept. 25. He was heading southbound near the Interstate 5 Bridge when a Washington State Patrol trooper, parked on the side of the freeway with a speed-detection laser, observed that he was traveling 78 mph in a 60-mph zone, according to the trooper’s affidavit.

The Columbian, 06 Dec 2012 – History will be made today in our state, but multiple uncertainties linge r Landmark measures of consent take effect today – Thursday, Dec. 6 – in Washington state. The recognition of same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana use were authorized by voters on Nov. 6. However, both remain in conflict with – if not in direct violation of – – federal law. But there’s a world of difference in how Washingtonians will be responding to the two measures.

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 06 Dec 2012 – SEATTLE (AP) – Legal marijuana possession becomes a reality in Washington state Thursday, and some plan to celebrate the new law by breaking it. Voters in Washington and Colorado last month made those the first states to decriminalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana. Washington’s law takes effect Thursday and allows adults to have up to an ounce of pot – but it bans public use, which is punishable by a fine.

The Columbian, 03 Dec 2012 – Groups of Patients Can Grow Pot, Within Limits Collective medical marijuana gardens will be allowed in certain city zones come January, as the Vancouver City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to approve them.

Traverse City Record-Eagle, 03 Dec 2012 – Washington’s New State Law Goes into Effect This Week SEATTLE (AP) – In the late1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S. marijuana laws. The Associated PressTravel guide author and marijuana legalization supporter Rick Steves holds a campaign sign in his office in Edmonds, Wash..

The Columbian, 02 Dec 2012 – Law on Smoking in Public Scuttles Plan to Hold It at Fairgrounds Even after voter-approved Initiative 502 becomes law on Thursday, marijuana enthusiasts and connoisseurs won’t be able to hold events on public property if they intend to partake in smoking the state’s newly legal product.

Washington Post, 02 Dec 2012 – Wash. Dismisses Cases, Retrains Police No Guidance From Justice Dept. on Legal Conflicts Adults in Washington state will be able to smoke marijuana legally when it is officially decriminalized Thursday, even though the Justice Department has offered no guidance on the conflict with federal drug laws.

The Columbian, 01 Dec 2012 – Hotel Pulls Contract on Word That Sales Are Against State, Federal Law The medical cannabis farmers market scheduled to take place Sunday in Vancouver has been canceled. Event organizers at Medi Brothers Collective, a Vancouver-based medical marijuana delivery service, canceled the event Friday after the Red Lion Hotel Vancouver at the Quay pulled the event’s contract, said Mike Sutherland, director of Medi Brothers.

Kitsap Sun, 01 Dec 2012 – GORST — Perhaps it was just curiosity. Or a misunderstanding. Maybe even hopefulness. But a few visitors to Herbal Healing Safe Access, a medical marijuana cooperative, have inquired about getting pot without having the state credentials necessary. They’ve been turned away.