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As a Washington resident I'm glad that the DoJ has decided not to drag us into a legal battle over this that could have delayed the opening of recreational mari

As a Washington resident I'm glad that the DoJ has decided not to drag us into a legal battle over this that could have delayed the opening of recreational marijuana storefronts, which should happen around the end of the year. This bit is just as interesting to me: > Under the new guidelines, federal prosecutors are required to focus on eight enforcement priorities, including preventing marijuana distribution to minors, preventing drugged driving, stopping drug trafficking by gangs and cartels and forbidding the cultivation of marijuana on public lands. The federal government's interference with state marijuana laws in recent years has not come via grand legal challenges to the laws themselves, but rather through continued and sometimes arbitrary harassment and arrest of medical marijuana providers across the country. Hopefully this signals that the DEA will no longer go after producers and distributors who are complying with state laws, but instead leave it to the states to enforce their own laws.

jlgreco 13y ago
> opening of recreational marijuana storefronts, which should happen around the end of the year. My understanding is that legal growing for recreational use cannot begin until around the end of the year, so it will probably be a few months after that when the stores actually have goods to sell and can open.
- pyrophane 13y ago
  That may very well be. I wonder if there will be any way for existing medical growers to "convert" plants to recreational production, which would speed things up at the outset given that I'm sure a lot of current medical growers are applying for these licenses.
  - jlgreco 13y ago
    I would hope so, but I haven't heard anything about that. It would make sense if they were able to "convert" plants by just paying the recreational tax for an existing plant. They may not have bothered to cover that edge-case though, since it is probably only really going to be an issue once (I assume it would be perfectly on the level to sell "recreational pot" to people with prescriptions for "medical pot"... Growing plants specifically for medical use may stop being a thing.)

jlgreco 13y ago

> opening of recreational marijuana storefronts, which should happen around the end of the year. My understanding is that legal growing for recreational use cannot begin until around the end of the year, so it will probably be a few months after that when the stores actually have goods to sell and can open.

pyrophane 13y ago
That may very well be. I wonder if there will be any way for existing medical growers to "convert" plants to recreational production, which would speed things up at the outset given that I'm sure a lot of current medical growers are applying for these licenses.
- jlgreco 13y ago
  I would hope so, but I haven't heard anything about that. It would make sense if they were able to "convert" plants by just paying the recreational tax for an existing plant. They may not have bothered to cover that edge-case though, since it is probably only really going to be an issue once (I assume it would be perfectly on the level to sell "recreational pot" to people with prescriptions for "medical pot"... Growing plants specifically for medical use may stop being a thing.)