Home grow & sharing bill
HB 1212 Legalizes transfers of specified quantities of marijuana products between adults provided the transfer does not involve the exchange of money or other valuable consideration. Legalizes the home cultivation of up to six recreational marijuana plants, subject to specified conditions. Legalizes the residential possession of up to 24 ounces of useable marijuana harvested from […]
End job discrimination against medical cannabis patients
HB 1094 Revises the medical use of cannabis act to prohibit an employer from refusing to hire a qualifying patient, discharging or barring a qualifying patient from employment, or discriminating against a qualifying patient in compensation or other terms and conditions of employment because of the qualifying patient’s: (1) Status as a qualifying patient; or […]
Want to grow cannabis in your home? Hearing Jan 23!
HB 1092 Allows the possession of no more than six cannabis plants and up to twenty-four ounces of usable cannabis harvested from lawfully grown plants if the person in possession is at least twenty-one years old. It also allows the possession of no more than twelve cannabis plants and forty-eight ounces of usable cannabis, in the […]
Children who are medical cannabis patients take one step forward in Washington State today
HB 1060 Requires a school district to permit a student who meets certain requirements to consume marijuana for medical purposes on school grounds, aboard a school bus, or while attending a school-sponsored event. Requires the board of directors of a school district to adopt a policy that authorizes parents, guardians, and primary caregivers to administer marijuana […]
I’m shocked and saddened by the death of Senator Any Hill.
I’m shocked and saddened by the death of Senator Any Hill. I reside in the 45th District which he served. Over the years I’ve visited his office countless times lobbying for cannabis, education, & other various things. We connected on many levels. A few years back we both had kids LWYSA soccer teams that made […]
Support Home Grow For Everyone in Washington State!
Below is my letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor who are having a public hearing in the Cherberg Building tomorrow, Friday November 20, 2015 at 10:00 AM for SB 8063 which will allow all adults to grow 6 cannabis plants per home. If you cannot make it to the hearing please […]
The New Age Of Reefer Madness
So I get this email from the 46th District Democrats, the “Demogram”. It’s about their upcoming 2/19 meeting, How Do We Solve A Problem Like Marijuana? As I read through the information they are sharing, my jaw is dropping, I felt teleported back to prohibitions roots when outlandish claims where levied against cannabis and led […]
Links To Washington’s Cannabis Bills
We spent an awesome day in Olympia yesterday registering attendees to the ASA Medical Cannabis Lobby Day. Unlike last year, I found legislators eager to hear what I thought of the two major competing medical bills, SB 5052 & SB 5519. Today HB 1698 was introduced which throws a third medical dispensary model in the […]
Don’t Drink the Blame it on Medical Marijuana Kool-Aid.
My name is Sharon Whitson and I’m the General Manager of Seattle Event’s A Non Profit Corporation, the producers of Seattle Hempfest, Hempfest Business, & Hempfest Central. Let’s talk about why I502 is faltering and instead of drinking the blame it on medical marijuana kool-aid we’re going to evaluate some facts. First a history lesson. […]
Preserve Patients Rights
In 2009 when I was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer I was devastated. I could not even form the word cancer to tell my husband let alone my then 5th-grade son. Cancer is the fight of your life. I survived mine and consider myself very lucky; thanks to an angel! I endured eight rounds of a chemotherapy […]
