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August 3. 2011
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S eattle’s m ayor has signed into law a licensing
system for medical m arijuana dis
tribution, w ith the city's at
torney vow ing to show
that pot regulation can
be done "safely and hu
m anely."
S e a ttle M a y o r M ik e
M cG inn, in a 40-m inute sign
ing cerem ony on T hursday, said
that licensed m edical m arijuana sup
pliers m ust com ply w ith city codes
that govern everything from
public nuisance com plaints
to plum bing and food-han
dling.
T he C ity C ouncil passed the ordinance
unanim ously on July 19, nearly three m onths after
W ashington's governor signed into law a statew ide
m easure allow ing cities to regulate and license p ro
duction,
processing
and
d istrib
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m edical
m ari
duction,
processing
and
d istrib
u tio
n o n f o m f edical
m ari-
ju a n a on a lim ited basis.
T he state statute required storefront dispensaries
and m edical pot suppliers to reorganize as sm all,
cooperative ventures that serve up to 10 patients.
C a lle d " c o lle c tiv e g a rd e n s,"
these businesses may grow as
m any as 45 plants, but no
m ore than 15 p er person.
A lth o u g h c a n n a b is is
listed as an illegal narcotic
under federal law , 15 states,
including O regon, and the D is
trict o f C olum bia have statutes d e
crim inalizing m arijuana as a m edical
treatm ent, according to the N ational
D rug Policy A lliance.
Pot w as first legalized as
m edicine in W ashington un
der a 1988 voter-approved in itia
tive. The law signed by Gov. C hristine G regoire
this year w as designed by supporters to bring greater
order to a burgeoning m edical m ariju an a supply chain
that critics say had gotten out o f hand.
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