Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Marijuana draft rules put product out of sight

  May 17, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Anyone planning to grow legal marijuana in Washington should expect to do so indoors, pass a tough background check and keep up with their paperwork. The state agency … 109

• UN: Colo., Wash. legal pot violates drug treaties

  March 5, 2013 in Nation/World DENVER — A United Nations-based drug agency urged the United States government today to challenge the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in Colorado and Washington, saying the state laws … 40

• Ex-DEA heads: Feds should nullify state pot laws

  March 5, 2013 in Nation/World CHICAGO — Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs say the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington’s laws legalizing recreational … 47

• Spokane pot forum moved

  February 11, 2013 in City The new location for Tuesday evening’s forum on legalized marijuana rules is the Spokane Convention Center. 8

• Feds examining pot law, Inslee says

  January 23, 2013 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – State officials appear to be hoping for the best while preparing for the worst as Washington and the federal government try to determine how the state will license … 4

• Lawmakers get responses to questions on marijuana

  January 22, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – In legalizing marijuana last fall, voters created more questions for the Legislature, not fewer. Some, including how the federal government is going to react, can’t be answered yet, … 30

• Inslee won’t rule out tax hikes

  January 11, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – The Legislature should consider a wide range of options in a search to increase gun safety and reduce the threat of violence, Gov.-elect Jay Inslee said Thursday. “There … 3

• State getting growing list of pot tips

  January 8, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington residents have suggestions for how the state should write new rules to grow legal marijuana. Hundreds of them. Some want the state Liquor Control Board, which is … 17

• Q&A: Marijuana law takes effect Thursday

  December 5, 2012 in City on Page A5 When the clock ticks past midnight tonight, Washington will have the most permissive law in the nation regarding marijuana, thanks to voters who approved Initiative 502. But the new law … 70

• State to plan pot licensing, taxing

  November 14, 2012 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – Washington will be “following the will of the voters and moving ahead” with setting up ways that adults can legally obtain marijuana for recreational use, Gov. Chris Gregoire … 9

• Pot use OK’d; same-sex marriage, charter schools leading

  November 7, 2012 in City on Page A1 Same-sex couples may be able to marry in Washington as early as next month, as the state’s voters seemed to be narrowly approving a law that was passed then suspended … 13

• Washington Legislature considering two marijuana bills

  March 17, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington legislators are spending some of their time on pot this week, discussing it both as a potential revenue source through outright legalization, and as an administrative problem … 11