The Stranger, 12 Jun 2013 – Meet the Broker Who Built the Cannabis Insurance Pool Legal-pot sellers, like all smart business owners, will need insurance when they open their doors. If someone slips and falls in a cannabis store, gets sick from ganja food, or steals all the weed, the cost to a pot business could be colossal. Not only that, anyone hoping to lease commercial property will almost certainly be required to provide proof of general liability insurance. And if those aren’t compelling enough reasons, draft rules issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board last month require every licensee to carry such coverage.

The Columbian, 10 Jun 2013 – Teen drug use is a large problem in the world, but it is most common in the United States. Approximately 10 percent of people under the age of 21 years use drugs. I do not think that drug use is something that is concerning enough people and it needs to. It is not only illegal but it can also destroy your body. The most common drug that underage people use is marijuana. What it can do to you is bad, but it is the least impactful out of all the drugs that are used. Now that they made it legal in Washington state for those over 21, that could just make it even easier to get.

Seattle Weekly, 05 Jun 2013 – Six months ago, same-sex marriages and pot became legal. May this be the summer of fabulous weddings and potheads learning to love. Part I: Love In 1967, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was the epicenter of the Summer of Love. As the Scott McKenzie song implored, thousands of hippies – with flowers in their hair – converged on the city, looking for a stake in the counterculture phenomenon that helped define a generation.

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Seattle Times, 05 Jun 2013 – I voted last fall to legalize marijuana. It was a reluctant yes, though, because I’ve been to the Netherlands and seen firsthand how legal pot comes with its own raft of problems. In fact the Netherlands now appears headed in the opposite direction, toward stronger regulation of pot.

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The Stranger, 05 Jun 2013 – Landlords May Have to Incriminate Themselves Any entrepreneur who wants to open a pot business in Washington State will start with a fairly straightforward application process: submit fingerprints, disclose criminal history, share an operating plan that names financial backers, and promise that taxes are paid up. But then the draft rules issued by the Washington State Liquor Control Board last month list this unusual requirement: "a signed affidavit from the landlord acknowledging the leased premises will be used as a marijuana business."

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The News-Item, 31 May 2013 – SEATTLE (AP) – Washington state businessmen who say they’re trying to create the first national brand of marijuana received some heartfelt support Thursday from the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox. Fox appeared at a news conference in Seattle, where he recounted how the war on drugs has ravaged his country and praised the states of Washington and Colorado for voting to legalize the recreational use of marijuana last fall.

Tulsa World, 31 May 2013 – SEATTLE (AP) – Washington state businessmen who say they’re trying to create the first national brand of marijuana received some heartfelt support Thursday from the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox. Fox appeared at a news conference in Seattle, where he recounted how the war on drugs has ravaged his country and praised the states of Washington and Colorado for voting to legalize the recreational use of marijuana last fall.