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  How much taxpayer money would be "saved" in WA if a pot legalization initiative (like I-1068) passes (with regard to incarceration and paperwork)?

  2 0 Chief Stamper is correct: it's a bundle. This state prosecutes 12,000 citizens a year on average for misdemeanor and felony marijuana charges. The best estimate our campaign has been able to come up with is that all of that costs the state about $100 million a year (some years even more) when you fold together the hard costs of arrest, prosecution, defense and whatnot with the soft costs of people losing jobs (and the state missing tax revenue as a result) and having their lives disrupted and so on. $100 million is a staggering waste of money in the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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  Growing under LED lights?

  0 0 I'd recommend reviewing posts on this subject at www.rollitup.org. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  I want to open a cannabis cafe, private club, here in Seattle. What are my barriers towards doing this here vs other locations within King County

  0 1 I'd recommend you consult an attorney with expertise in Washington State's medical marijuana law. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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  What are your plans for 4/20?

  1 0 You'd think that in as 420-friendly a city as Seattle that there would be a slew of events on 4/20, but that's sadly never been the case due to consistently inclement weather on that date over the years. For example, it snowed on 4/20 two years ago. So there just isn't a big old 4/20 celebration here a la Boulder, Colo. Weather-depending, the I-1068 may organize some impromptu signing events for 4/20 which we'll announce on our Facebook page and our website, www.sensiblewashington.org. Our Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sensible-Washington/250965900741 Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 6 more answers »

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  Is it legal for Seattleites with glaucoma to use medicinal marijuana?

  1 0 Both the CDC and Alison's answers are correct. I can only add that President Obama's decision not to use federal law enforcement resources to arrest and prosecute American citizens over medical marijuana "crimes" where their states' laws differ from federal laws (and misinterpretations of the commerce clause by the feds) has been one of the biggest socio-cultural breaths of fresh air that I have felt in my entire life. I hope the Obama Administration will take a similar stance with outright marijuana legalization on a state level. There is the very real possibility that California, Oregon and Washington could all legalize marijuana this November and that would deal a very serious blow to federal prohibition of marijuana and could easily set up other Western states to go legal via the initiative process in the near future. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  Can 5 medical patients secure a location & each grow their 15 legal limit of plants there together??

  2 0 I'm not an attorney, so please do not understand my answer as legal advice. My understanding of current medical marijuana is that that should OK, but the law is just vague enough to where I have questions myself. What I can tell you is that our state's medical marijuana law is one of the weakest in the US and is only an affirmative defense. That means that even if you are within regulatory guidelines and have appropriate authorizations from a physician, law enforcement can still search your premises, seize pretty much whatever they want and so on and a local prosecutor can choose to prosecute you, leaving you to go through years of hassle and expense to then offer the affirmative defense of being covered by the state's medical marijuana...all of which a jury of 12 may or may not accept. I-1068 would fix our state's medical marijuana law by making marijuana legal once and for all (for adults) and that would remove all the affirmative defense nonsense that's caused problems for so many patients in this state. It would then be up to the State Legislature to enact various regulations for both the adult use, possession and cultivation of marijuana in recreational, medical and industrial farming (ie, growing hemp) contexts. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 3 more answers »

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  Pot and parenting?

  1 0 I, too, agree with you that marijuana should be legal for adults and that it is provably safer than alcohol. I don't have children myself and wouldn't want to hazard a guess as to why you or any parent might be more comfortable consuming alcohol in front of their child instead of smoking marijuana (or, as Chief Stamper notes, tobacco). As far as I-1068 is concerned, it removes all criminal penalties for the adult use, possession and cultivation of marijuana for persons aged 18 and older in Washington State. I-1068 retains all the current prohibitions against marijuana use, possession and cultivation by person younger than 18 in Washington State and it does not make it legal for an adult to provide anyone under the age of 18 with marijuana. Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 5 more answers »

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  Best way to get invloved?

  0 0 For the purposes of I-1068, the marijuana legalization initiative currently in the signature gathering phase, the best way get involved is to become a volunteer signature gatherer by filing out the form at: http://sensiblewashington.org/volunteer/ Philip Dawdy answered in 420: The Straight Dope About Pot over 2 years ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

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