uthor: Gregory Foster
WSLCB - Board Caucus
WSLCB - Executive Management Team
(September 16, 2020) - Initial Update
There was a lot to unpack in the WSLCB’s first Executive Management Team (EMT) meeting in seven months, but highlights include news that Enforcement Chief Justin Nordhorn would be transitioning to a new role, the Cannabis Regulators Association was formed, and the Marijuana Odor Task Force was unable to hire a consultant.
WSLCB - Board Meeting
(September 16, 2020) - Initial Update
The WSLCB Board undertook expected rulemaking actions prior to general public comments when a Commissioner on African American Affairs and a retail title certificate holder lobbied to move licenses out of ban and moratorium areas.
WA House COG - Work Session
(September 15, 2020) - Initial Update
The Washington State House Commerce and Gaming Committee convened its fall work session to hear perspectives on cannabis “potency” from WSLCB, committee staff, and industry representatives along with updates from the Cannabis Science Task Force and state university researchers inclusive of public health and prevention community efforts to correlate ingestion of high-THC marijuana with adverse … Continued
WSLCB - Board Caucus
(September 15, 2020) - Initial Update
In addition to rulemaking updates, WSLCB Board Member Ollie Garrett shared that the agency’s outreach to BIPOC communities would be diminished from five meetings to three, and the Cannabis Advisory Council would not meet as planned.
WA Sunshine Committee - Public Meeting
(September 21, 2020)
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- Washington State Public Records Exemptions Accountability Committee (WA Sunshine Committee)
- WA Sunshine Committee - Public Meeting
SBOH - Environmental Health Committee
(September 14, 2020) - Initial Update
Committee members learned that “health burdens related to tobacco and vapor products” would remain one of the agency’s top four legislative priorities for the next two years.
The Week Ahead
(September 14, 2020)
A busy week for cannabis-related policymaking lay ahead including activity at the Washington State Legislature, the WSLCB, the State Board of Health, and the Department of Ecology.
SBOH - Environmental Health Committee
(September 14, 2020)
WSLCB - Executive Management Team
(September 16, 2020)
- USA - Washington
- Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB)
- WSLCB - Executive Management Team