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Pubdate: Wed, 20 Jan 2016
Source: Seattle Times (WA)
Copyright: 2016 The Seattle Times Company
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Website: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/409
Author: Jessica Lee
CITY OFFICIALS BACK BILL TO TEST POT-DELIVERY SERVICES
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and City Attorney Pete Holmes on Tuesday
announced their support for legislation to create a program to test
legal pot-delivery services.
State legislators are mulling a proposal to establish a two-year
pilot program that would allow five licensed recreational marijuana
stores in the state to deliver marijuana to Washington residents over
the age of 21.
"Creating an equivalent legal form of delivery will provide a safe
alternative for adults to use, while helping prevent those under 21
from acquiring marijuana," says a city-sponsored bulletin.
Regulators estimate the number of illegal delivery services in
Seattle alone has grown to 24, most through websites such as Leafly,
Craigslist and Weedmaps, according to a city news release. Seattle
has 19 legal recreational-pot stores.
Murray and Holmes say current illegal delivery services in Seattle
are undermining Initiative 502, the 2012 voter-approved measure
allowing recreational-marijuana use, the news release says.
Seattle police and the city Department of Finance and Administrative
Services are increasing their enforcement of laws that bar such
delivery services, according to the release.
Penalties range from civil infractions to felony charges, based on circumstance.
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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