First Shipments Trail Mix, Nut Clusters; State Has Strict Rules on Kinds, Access Washington's first retail pot edibles are available for purchase. Top Shelf Cannabis in Bellingham, among the state's first shops to open, was planning to start selling three different kinds of edibles late Wednesday, said shop investor John Evich. "The public wants their edibles," he said. "It seems like every third person is hounding us, 'Where are the edibles?' " Products available will include trail mix, Chex Mix and a carnival nut, which Evich described as a nut cluster with a dash of pepper, rolled in caramel and powdered sugar. [continues 414 words]
Taking Weed to Mainland Marijuana Moved by Air, Sea Governed by Federal Anti-Pot Regulations Scott Durkee is ready to grow some weed. As soon as the state gives the OK, he and his business partners at Buds of Vashon plan to grow up to 2,000 square feet of plants, which could produce up to 100 pounds of marijuana per year. But selling it off the island could be risky. Since no roads connect Vashon to the mainland, marijuana growers will have to move their pot by air or sea - both regulated by federal agencies, which still consider weed illegal. [continues 1154 words]
Tight Supply Can't Meet Demand Hopeful marijuana buyers started lining up outside Freedom Market in Kelso around noon Tuesday, the time the shop planned its grand opening. But by late evening, not a single gram had been sold. Freedom Market still had no weed. The 11/2-pound shipment finally rolled in about 9 p.m., and employees scrambled to get the product counted and ready to sell to the line of customers by 9:20 p.m. They sold almost a pound by midnight, and by Wednesday afternoon were nearly sold out, employees said. [continues 1103 words]
Seattle's City Attorney Apologizes for Taking Pot to Work. His Case Highlights Questions Facing Employers and Workers. On Tuesday, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes made a spectacle of being among the first to buy pot from Cannabis City, Seattle's inaugural retail marijuana shop. He bought two 2-gram bags of OG's Pearl that day: one for posterity, he said, the other for "personal enjoyment when it's appropriate." "Today marijuana sales became legal and I'm here to personally exercise that new freedom," Holmes said. Then he went back to his office - with the pot. [continues 1015 words]
All It Needs Is License, Supply of Marijuana Seattle Store Expects to Sell Out the First Day A week before the grand opening of Cannabis City, James Lathrop paces by the conspicuously bare glass display cases in his small shop, tucked away just south of downtown Seattle. Barring some 11th-hour business catastrophe, 10 pounds of marijuana will line these shelves Tuesday, a quantity Lathrop expects will sell out that day at $15 to $20 per gram. But until he officially receives his retail license from the state Monday, it's only glass paraphernalia and small label plates that read "Fine Jewelry," remnants from when the cases lived in a Sears department store. [continues 1013 words]
Some at the Capitol believe that Gov. Pawlenty might veto the bill if it passes. Should Minnesota be the first state in the Midwest to legalize medicinal marijuana? That's the question Gov. Tim Pawlenty could be asking himself in the next few weeks. A bill that would legalize marijuana for Minnesotans with "debilitating medical conditions" passed in the Senate almost a year ago and is currently facing the House. If passed, qualifying Minnesotans 18 years of age and older would be allowed 12 marijuana plants and 2.5 ounces of usable marijuana at a time. [continues 545 words]
