I'm in Washington and KillerWeed420, Sandybarr and Mugenbao are right.

I won't go through quoting, I'll just say there's a big difference between legal and allowed. NONE of them are "legal", including the farmers markets.
That doesn't mean that they aren't operating because obviously they are.

Last week, 20 dispensaries in Tacoma were given cease and desist orders effective 3-28-11. Edmunds just kicked Sativa out of the city. Snohomish county just closed BiziB down for the second and final time and they did it without a warrant. Game collective in West Seattle was robbed on Saturday, the cops got the robbers. A co-op in Mount Lake Terrace on Lake city way was closed down on Saturday as well. The bottom line is that certain municipalities are running folks out of town.

IMHO, I think they are harassing and shutting them down push by push in order to prepare for the Washington State legislatures passing Bill 5073 (or not). If they pass the bill, they will shut them all down for good. If they pass a modification that allows them in certain places, they still need to shut them down and force them to re-open under stricter tax guidelines.

The next two weeks are going to tell us alot. In that time there will be another farmers market next Sunday in Seattle and one the following week south in Pierce county in Tacoma. If they shut either of these down (they haven't interfered yet) it will be telling.

Also in the lead up to the vote on the bill, we shall see if there are anymore co-ops or dispensaries shut down or harassed. And by the way, the cops or the zealots or whoever is pushing LEO doesn't care what you call it whether it's a co-op or a dispensaries. That's semantics in your own mind. What they know is that people are selling pot in these places and it's drawing crime to those neighborhoods.

That's the straight dope!!

It IS going to be legal eventually, the question is when and how. Until then, none of us are safe.

Be wary.

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