Observations

A comprehensive Enforcement and Education briefing delved into that division’s work in 2022 before staff updated on federal banking legislation and media engagements at the agency.

With continued advocacy from Washington CannaBusiness Association members, the council approved a motion to create a cannabis business security task force in King County.

The committee heard about a motion to create a cannabis security task force to address robberies in the area, amending wording and scope before recommending it to the full council.

The King County Council would decide whether or not to create a “cannabis business security task force” to convene in the months leading up to the county biennial budget season.

As staff prepared to open rulemaking on cannabinoid regulations, they also announced a delay on social equity rules and shared the status of several open or near future efforts.

The committee heard about social equity programs in three California cities and a Colorado county before asking panelists how a potential Seattle program might improve equity outcomes.

Washington state policymakers aiming to rebuild the bulwarks of the highly regulated cannabis market prepared to take new steps to respond to chemically converted hemp cannabinoids.

A leading cannabis researcher went over his work on CBD and THC compounds to leverage the therapeutic potential of the endogenous cannabinoid system in the body.

Panelists from previous talks returned to field questions on identifying and regulating impairing cannabinoids, goals much more difficult to reach for cannabis than for alcohol.

The newest board member’s first meeting went over some of his prior experience and what issue areas and internal efforts he hoped to become involved with at the agency.