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Kevin Sabet: 39% of Washington high schoolers get marijuana from dispensaries. Truth: <15%. In Seattle only.

Instead of “39% of HS students in Washington state report getting their marijuana from a “medical” marijuana dispensary”, it seems like within the past month, at most 2.1% of students in Seattle “usually” got their marijuana from a dispensary.

Kevin Sabet: 39% of Washington high schoolers get marijuana from dispensaries. Truth: <15%. In Seattle only.

Instead of “39% of HS students in Washington state report getting their marijuana from a “medical” marijuana dispensary”, it seems like within the past month, at most 2.1% of students in Seattle “usually” got their marijuana from a dispensary.

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.

The Idiocy of Busting Small Dispensaries in Washington State

To summarize, the Longview Police spent an unknown amount of man-hours investigating and setting-up people who had well below the legal plant limit for a collective, well below the marijuana limit for a collective, because they were selling marijuana, an activity that will be legal next year and is somewhat legal now for medical users, to people who would smoke and possess it, which is legal right now.

Attorney General Holder Still Needs More Time on State Marijuana Legalization

Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Attorney General Eric Holder said the Obama Administation is “still considering” its reaction to marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington State.

“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.

Yakama Nation threatens lawsuits to prevent marijuana on reservation land

An attorney representing the Yakama Nation has threatened to sue Washington State to prevent the implementation of Initiative 502, the landmark marijuana legalization initiative, on tribal lands.

Lax standards for Washington medical marijuana cited by two doctors

KOMO News in Seattle is reporting on the statements of two medical professionals who liken their experiences at a Washington medical marijuana clinic as “a marijuana mill” and a “cattle call”.

Spokane halts medical marijuana businesses fearing recreational loophole

The Spokane City Council passed a moratorium Monday on any new medical marijuana businesses in the city. Currently, about a dozen facilities are operating in the area.

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.

The Russ Belville Show #105 – Legalization Day in Colorado

Colorado governor signs marijuana legalization into law; Paul Armentano from NORML opines on federal response to legalization efforts; Washington bar opens up to pot smokers; music by Louis Armstrong; Benny Goodman with Gene Krupa

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.

Irie Wednesday: Peter Tosh – “Legalize It”

As we spend our last Irie Wednesday when marijuana is illegal in all fifty states, we bring you the great Peter Tosh with encouragement for the other 48.

Box Canyon III: Trends in Medical Marijuana Legislation

The Box Canyon isn’t just that medical marijuana gets stricter and that we’re driving our issue into the hands of Big Pharma. It’s also that we’ve intentionally divided our political base and created an interest group vested in keeping us in the medical marijuana canyon.

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