Seattle

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell proposed legislation this week in partnership with city Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda seeking to establish city-level cannabis social equity licenses.

The Seattle City Council voted yesterday to decriminalize the use, possession, and home cultivation of psilocybin, making it the largest U.S. city so far to enact such reforms.

Shawn Kemp’s Cannabis has walked back its claim in a disputed press release last month that the shop is Seattle’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary after it was revealed that Kemp holds just a minor stake in the company.

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is set to open the first Black-owned cannabis dispensary in Seattle, Washington on October 30.

The Seattle Hempfest in-person event is officially canceled this year in light of the coronavirus; instead, an online version of the event has been announced for October 10-11.

According to polling data from the major metro areas of Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco, there are more adults 18-and-older who have used cannabis recently than smoked cigarettes.

High Times CEO Kraig Fox confirmed the restructuring in an email to Ganjapreneur. Going forward, DOPE’s content will be produced at the High Times Los Angeles headquarters.

Uncle Ike’s dispensary in Seattle, Washington recently ran a barrage of lab tests on cannabis vaporizers in the shop to search for vitamin E acetate, the compound linked to a recent swell of vape-related hospitalizations. 100% of the products passed the tests.

Organizers of Seattle’s Hempfest are suing the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board over the regulators’ new interpretations of advertising restrictions, which advocates say violate their first amendment right to free speech.