“If we are not prepared to commit on a nationwide scale, we are going to be left in the dust,” Rivers said.
This bill passed the Senate Wednesday on a bipartisan vote of 40-8, and now moves on to the House.
At a Jan. 10 hearing before the Senate Labor & Commerce Committee, Vicki Christophersen of the Washington CannaBusiness Association said Oregon and California have already passed similar laws. “What we don’t want is other states to get a head start,” she said.
Currently, 39 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized medical cannabis and 21 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized recreational marijuana. “Each of these legal state marketplaces act
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