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New Wash. Pot Czar predicted $50/oz, said those concerned about price “smoke too much pot”

Kleiman answers my questions about the economic effects of marijuana legalization at the state level, expressing that the cost to the retail customer should be about $40 to $50 per ounce.

New Wash. Pot Czar predicted $50/oz, said those concerned about price “smoke too much pot”

Kleiman answers my questions about the economic effects of marijuana legalization at the state level, expressing that the cost to the retail customer should be about $40 to $50 per ounce.

“No direct correlation between driving impairment and THC concentration”

Increased blood THC concentrations are strongly associated with increased crash risk, but there is no direct correlation between driving impairment and THC concentration.

Charges dropped in Vancouver marijuana vehicular homicide case

Charges have been dropped against the driver for vehicular manslaughter after he hits and kills a careless pedestrian who stepped into traffic in the middle of the road in Vancouver, Washington.

The Russ Belville Show #111 – Try Crossing at Crosswalks Instead

Vancouver man hits and kills a careless pedestrian, new marijuana DUID law to be tested; Mathew Martenyi in studio with a petition to grant clemency to four elderly non-violent pot prisoners serving life without parole; Top 5 Reefer Madness Stories of 2012; music by TriBeCaStan

Vancouver DUI-M suspect: I “smoked a bowl of marijuana” 90 min before

Rowles told police that he had recently smoked “a bowl of marijuana” about one hour to one and half hours before the collision, according to a probable cause affidavit.

How to Beat the Marijuana Per Se DUID Standard

Per se DUID is not going away and it will eventually pass. Give them something we like now or wait til the first big freeway wreck that can be tied to someone’s newly-legal recreational use and watch a standard we really hate get rammed through the legislature.

Olympia, Washington, tavern allows marijuana smoking

Bar owner Frank Schnarr has opened up the second floor of his Frankie’s Sports Bar & Grill in Olympia, Washington, to pot smoking.

The Russ Belville Show #104 – Legalization Day in Seattle

The Russ Belville Show live remote from the Mediterranean Inn near the Space Needle in Seattle on the first day marijuana is legal in Washington State.

Associated Press and Reuters reports feature The Russ Belville Show

I’m very excited that this photo from the Associated Press is being seen far and wide, from the San Francisco Chronicle, The Daily Mail (UK), The Vancouver Sun (Canada), WMAZ-TV in Macon, Georgia, Greenwich Time in Connecticut, and so many more!

Good Morning America video captures my First Legal Toke in Seattle

Around the 18 second mark of this video you can see me smoking my pipe after midnight below the Space Needle in Seattle.

Seattle smokes-in marijuana legalization at the Space Needle

A crowd of approximately 150 gathered at the base of the iconic Seattle Space Needle to openly smoke marijuana at 12:00am this morning. The revelers had come to celebrate the moment marijuana possession became legal in Washington State, thanks to last month’s passage of Initiative 502.

Huffington Post notices the “Stoners Against (This) Legalization”

Huffington Post’s Lucia Graves has been doing some stellar reporting on the marijuana issue of late and I wanted to share some of her piece today on “Washington Dispensary Owners Against Marijuana Legalization”.

Drug-Free Workplaces do NOT have to test for marijuana (Updated)

There is nothing about the 1988 Drug Free Workplace Act (DFWA) that requires most of them to “drug test” by inspecting the urine or saliva or hair of their employees to maintain the façade of a “drug-free workplace”.

Sixty percent of Westerners favor legal marijuana, only Southerners do not

60 percent of those surveyed in the West support the legalization of marijuana, with only 37 percent opposed.

Stevens County prosecutor joins other Washington counties in dismissing marijuana cases

Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen says he will be joining prosecutors in King, Pierce, and Clark Counties in not prosecuting marijuana possession cases that will no longer be illegal after I-502 goes into effect December 6th.

Marijuana Legalization in Two States Changes the International Debate on Drugs

Pot-smoking opponents of Washington’s I-502 and Colorado’s Amendment 64 could not see the far-reaching implications of marijuana legalization.

The Russ Belville Show #90 – Marijuana Legalization is a Serious Issue

“Radical” Russ reveals the Seattle Police Department’s clarification of marijuana legalization; Jon Stewart’s and Bill Maher’s show call media to task for belittling marijuana legalization issue; Which states will be the next to pass marijuana legalization; music by MelodySheep.

Seattle police issue guide to legal marijuana use

The Seattle Police Department’s community outreach blog, the SPD Blotter, has issued a Q&A post designed to inform city residents of their newly-won right to possess marijuana.

After Marijuana Election Night 2012, Which States Will Legalize Pot Next?

It looks to me as if California is on the fast-track for marijuana legalization in 2014. But don’t discount Oregon. Our state’s largest newspaper is calling on our legislature to legalize and regulate marijuana.

The Russ Belville Show #87 – Marijuana is Legal!

Russ returns from Seattle with the results from Marijuana Election Night 2012

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