USA - Washington

Board members shared updates and heard a rulemaking briefing focused on legislative implementation.

The Board weighed possible agency request legislation for the next legislative session, heard about non-operational retailers, and shared impressions of a recent medical home delivery stakeholder discussion.

Stakeholders engaged with the agency over development of a study on home delivery of medical cannabis and heard about other patient concerns.

WSLCB's Chief Information Officer went over the “API Key Reset” security incident with integrators, though new information was limited.

Agency leadership reviewed arguments for processors acting as distributors, learned about the most recent security issue with the state's traceability system, and heard about new dialogue between the Enforcement division and medical cannabis patient advocates.

New Enforcement officers were sworn in before public comments requesting cannabis curbside service and challenges for licensees.

The Board discussed developing a minority and women's business work group, a meeting between the agency and licensees in Spokane, and the utility of a potential cannabis ombudsman.

Staff showed the Board the agency's new research repository before they were updated on the status of a legislatively-mandated home delivery study and a draft report from the State Auditor on traceability system data.

An executive session on hidden ownership investigations was scheduled, the Board expressed skepticism about cannabis-related traffic fatality data, and reacted to an op-ed on cannabis trafficking penned by a federal official.

An informal talk with the agency's new deputy director to learn about their background resulted in board members opening up about their own reasons for joining WSLCB.