Washington

Uncle Ike’s dispensary in Seattle, Washington recently ran a barrage of lab tests on cannabis vaporizers in the shop to search for vitamin E acetate, the compound linked to a recent swell of vape-related hospitalizations. 100% of the products passed the tests.

A group of six people allegedly stole about $250,000 worth of freshly cured cannabis flower from a cultivation facility in Kelso, Washington over the weekend; owners are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest.

Washington state regulators are considering what they call “Cannabis 2.0” reforms to the state’s adult-use industry, which could include a social equity program and the abandoning of the state’s seed-to-sale tracking system.

Washington state Ag Department officials recently clarified that hemp-derived CBD is not allowed as a food additive.

Jay Burns is the founder and lab director of Treeline Analytics, a cannabis testing lab that operates in Washington’s pioneering I-502 adult-use market.

Organizers of Seattle’s Hempfest are suing the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board over the regulators’ new interpretations of advertising restrictions, which advocates say violate their first amendment right to free speech.

Hemp farms in Washington are expected to expand from last year’s 140 acres to more than 6,000 acres of hemp this year now that the crop has been federally legalized via the 2018 farm bill.

Researchers at the University of Washington are undertaking a study to measure the effects of cannabis use during pregnancy.

Washington’s governor signed the state’s misdemeanor cannabis vacancies bill. Under the new law, some 69,000 qualifying individuals will be able to have misdemeanor cannabis convictions expunged from their record entirely.

Washington state has officially passed two laws meant to improve the state’s medical cannabis program; one bill allows student patients to be administered cannabis products at school and the other allows patients to renew their annual qualification online.

Researchers at the University of Washington are investigating the efficacy of CBD for Fragile X syndrome, a type of autism that may be linked to cannabinoid deficiencies.

A bill that would expunge nearly 69,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions in Washington state has been approved by both legislative bodies and now moves to Gov. Jay Inslee (D) for his signature.

Washington has established a clearer timeline for the official completion of the state’s long-awaited cannabis seed to sale traceability system.

Washington state’s cannabis regulatory authority has announced that, after a three-month hiatus from the testing requirements, cannabis products must once again be tested for heavy metals.

Washington lawmakers have approved legislation for the expungement of some 69,000 cannabis misdemeanors; the bill must be now reconciled in the Senate one last time before going to the governor’s desk.

Washington state senators have approved two cannabis reform bills: one allowing public school students to medicate with doctor-prescribed cannabis products and another reforming the state’s cannabis testing lab regulations.

A recent budget amendment in Washington state aims to give police departments cannabis tax dollars to help combat drug addiction in homeless communities.

The first Washington state cannabis canopy report shows that a number of Washington licensees have underdeveloped cannabis cultivation operations compared to their canopy allotment from the state.

The Washington state Senate has passed a wide-reaching expungement bill that would vacate cannabis convictions for tens of thousands in the state.

Yet another legislative year is coming to an end in Washington without any progress on the issue of cannabis home grows.

The group of ten bipartisan lawmakers is calling for Gov. Inslee to rescind his appointment of cannabis regulator Russ Hauge.