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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #991 -- 9/21/17
Phillip S. Smith, Editor,psmith@drcnet.org https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/991

A Publication of StoptheDrugWar.org
David Borden, Executive Director,borden@drcnet.org
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

Table of Contents:

1. THE ONLY LEGAL MARIJUANA STATE TO BAN PERSONAL POT GROWS COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE ITS MIND
Some northwest reformers were disappointed that Washington's marijuana initiative only legalized industry sales, not home growing by individuals -- some even opposed the initiative for that reason. But Washington may soon add home growing to the
legalization regime that I-502 got started. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/16/hold_hold_hold_only_legal

2. COLORADO COUNTY'S MARIJUANA TAX PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE $420,000 IN COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS THIS FALL
Marijuana legalization is bringing economic and educational benefits to the people of Pueblo County.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/aug/20/hold_hold_colorado_countys_pot_t

3. NEW HAMPSHIRE JUST DECRIMINALIZED MARIJUANA POSSESSION
Now there is nowhere left in New England where possession of a small amount of weed will get you arrested and thrown in jail.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/18/new_hampshire_just

4. YOU WON'T BELIEVE ALPHONSE D'AMATO'S NEW GIG
The hardcore conservative and former Republican senator is going to be a paid marijuana lobbyist.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/20/you_wont_believe_alphonse

5. THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY REFORM CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 11-14, ATLANTA The 2017 International Drug Policy Reform Conference is the major biannual gathering of drug policy reformers from around the world.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/21/2017_reform_conference

6. MEDICAL MARIJUANA UPDATE
A white-haired conservative Mormon Republican senator from Utah files a medical marijuana research bill, the Arizona Supreme Court tells recalcitrant local officials they can't hide behind federal law to mess with the the state's medical marijuana law,
and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/20/medical_marijuana_update

7. THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
A Louisiana cop gets nailed for having sex and peddling dope on the job, a sticky-fingered Pennsyvlania cop gets nailed for stealing drug money, a South Carolina cop gets nailed -- nine years after the fact -- for lying on a drug search warrant, and more.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/20/weeks_corrupt_cops_stories

8. CHRONICLE AM: WA PONDERS PERSONAL NJ GROWS, TRUMP CHASTISES COLOMBIA OVER COCA, MORE... (9/15/17)
The only legal marijuana state that doesn't allow personal cultivation will revisit the issue, the president chides Colombia and Colombia reacts, there's strong support for pot legalization in New Jersey, and more.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/15/chronicle_am_wa_ponders_personal

9. CHRONICLE AM: BILL TO END FEDERAL MAN MINS FILED, CA CALLS FOR POT RESCHEDULING, MORE... (9/18/17)
Bostonians celebrate marijuana legalization, California calls for its rescheduling, state attorneys general urge health insurers to reduce opioid prescriptions, Maxine Waters files a bill to end mandatory minimums for drug sentences, and more.
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/18/chronicle_am_bill_end_federal

10. CHRONICLE AM: CA SAFE INJECTION SITE BLOCKED FOR NOW, NO TORONTO POT LOUNGES, MORE... (9/19/17)
The California safe injection bill came up two votes short of passing this year, Toronto authorities ignore the pleas of pot lounge operators for a place under legalization, Virginia's Democratic attorney general comes out with a plan to fight opioid
overdoses, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/19/chronicle_am_ca_safe_injection

11. CHRONICLE AM: LAS VEGAS MJ LOUNGES HIT SNAG, UTAH MEDMJ INIT POLLING WELL, MORE... (9/20/17)
The Bay State's highest court just made it harder for cops to charge people with pot-impaired driving, Las Vegas-area county commissioners put a stop to talk of pot lounges anytime soon, Colombia's president speaks out against the drug war (again) at the
United Nations, and more. https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/20/chronicle_am_las_vegas_mj

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1. THE ONLY LEGAL MARIJUANA STATE TO BAN PERSONAL POT GROWS COULD BE ABOUT TO CHANGE ITS MIND
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2017/sep/16/hold_hold_hold_only_legal

Eight states have legalized marijuana for recreational use, and of those, only Washington does not allow people to grow their own plants. But that could be about to change.

The state's marijuana regulatory agency, the State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB), has announced that it will consider allowing personal home grows. The impetus for the move comes from the state legislature, which passed a bill this year directing the
agency to study options for allowing personal cultivation.

Currently, the only people who can grow their own marijuana in Washington are registered medical marijuana patients. But allowing home grows under the recreational marijuana law would potentially vastly increase the number of people able to grow their
own supply.

While the state is moving toward allowing home cultivation, it is contemplating a more highly regulated approach than other legal states. In its presss release (https://lcb.wa.gov/pressreleases/lcb-to-hold-hearing-on-recreational-home-grows) announcing
an October 4 public hearing on the issue, the LCB laid out three options for moving forward:

Option 1: Tightly Regulated Recreational Marijuana Home Grows

Would allow up to four plants per household, but would require home growers to obtain a state permit and enter their plants with the state traceability system.

Option 2: Local Control of Recreational Marijuana Home Grows

Would allow up to four plants per household, but would require a local permit. Plants would not have to be entered in the state traceability system. Local authorities could limit home cultivation to fewer than four plants if they wished.

Option 3. Recreational Home Grows are Prohibited

That would be the status quo. Recreational marijuana consumers would be forced to rely on the state-regulated market to obtain their pot. Or the black market.

There is a fourth option, which the LCB didn't offer up, but which is the case in the other legal pot states: Allowing people to grow their own small number of pot plants without the necessity of obtaining a permit from either the state or local
authorities. After all, we're talking about growing a plant in your house or yard here. When it comes to growing your own, the attitude of many Washington marijuana consumers is likely to be: "Permits? We don't need no stinking permits."


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