US WA: Editorial: Close Gap Between 2 Marijuana Systems

Seattle Times, 09 Apr 2013 – Recreational Marijuana and Medical Marijuana Are Under Different Systems. They Need to Be Reconciled. In 2012 Washington voters approved Initiative 502 to create a recreational-marijuana system that is highly regulated and taxed. But the state already had a medical-marijuana market that is almost unregulated and untaxed, and in which it is easy to become a patient. If nothing is done, the existing market will undermine the new one.