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. […]
End Federal Scheduling
Let’s End Cannabis Prohibition Now!!! How can we end Federal Prohibition? We’ve taken the first steps here in Washington State by passing I-502 and starting the legalization process. We’re at an in-between spot right now. A place where the Federal Government looms over our burgeoning cannabis movement and leaves us unclear as to whether it will fall […]
I-502 backlash?
A statewide I-502 backlash or reasonable pushback? You decide. Marijuana. Just the mention of the word conjures up stereotypical associations: a bleary-eyed dreadlocked hippie in a tie-dye, a teenage slacker lounging on a sofa, bong in hand, or a shady drug cartel mule peddling the illicit shrubbery across a porous border crossing. For a certain […]
