Deliberative Dialogue is a method to facilitate participant engagement in policy discussion that can be adapted to a variety of issues and to both stakeholder and citizen processes. "Dialogue" is about creating meaning together, finding a shared understanding of an issue, and discovering what values are most important in resolving it. Dialogue is often open-ended, focused more on increasing understanding and developing relationships than on reaching an agreement. "Deliberation," on the other hand, emphasizes the importance of examining options and trade-offs so people can make informed public decisions.
WSLCB has been working on developing new cannabis product-testing rules. A public hearing on proposed rules was held on November 18, 2020. While we heard oral comment from many licensees, we would like to hear from everyone in the supply chain so we have a better understanding of the complete system – processors, producers, retailers, consumers, and others. And we want everyone in the supply chain to have an opportunity to hear the wide range of perspectives.
LCB’s Policy and Rules manager Kathy Hoffman will moderate three sessions with different panelists and topics. To get the conversation started the sessions begin with prepared questions for each panel, with time near the end for audience questions and participation (online of course). Our goal is to increase communication between consumers, licensees, labs, and the agency.
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This event was a follow up to the public dialogue with lab representatives hosted on February 11th scheduled to give the panelists and WSLCB staff time to complete review of the proposed questions.