Marty's Travels

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An update on Washington cannabis

The FBI has allowed the State of Washington to access their files when doing background checks on cannabis license applicants after a year of doing nothing. These checks were to comply with the DOJ guidelines that no one associated with drug cartels or organized crime be licensed in the cannabis industry, especially given that the FBI has a list, albeit of uncertain quality, of such people.

To require such checks, then to refuse to do the checks, is childishly stupid in my mind. Is this what they mean by our law enforcement agencies not sharing information with another?

There have been a small number licenses granted by Washington, all to known individuals whose whereabouts are verified. Some of the growers are well-established organic or heritage growers of produce for the local markets. They well known by their local community.