{"id":9807,"date":"2013-09-30T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T22:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/state-agencies-to-recommend-medical-marijuana-legislation\/"},"modified":"2016-10-21T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T05:35:38","slug":"state-agencies-to-recommend-medical-marijuana-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/state-agencies-to-recommend-medical-marijuana-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"State agencies to recommend medical marijuana legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The three state agencies responsible for drafting recommendations to the Legislature on medical marijuana published their timeline Monday and announced a process for the public to provide written comment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Section 141 of the state operating budget directs the Liquor Control Board to work with the departments of Revenue and Health to develop recommendations to the Legislature regarding the interaction of medical marijuana and the emerging recreational marijuana system. The work group, which includes senior staff from each agency, has been meeting since July.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The public may provide written comment at medicalmarijuana@liq.wa.gov.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For more information about the current state of medical marijuana, visit the WSLCB website at www.liq.wa.gov<\/a> or the Department of Health website at www.doh.wa.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Medical marijuana timeline<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Oct. 21<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Provide draft recommendations to stakeholders for comment<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Nov. 8<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Deadline for written comments<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Nov. 21-22<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Present draft recommendations to appropriate House and Senate committees at Legislative Assembly Days<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Jan. 1, 2014<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Deadline for delivering final recommendations to the Legislature<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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