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WA pot rules, by the numbers

Rules for legal recreational marijuana in Washington

3 Number of licenses to grow, process or sell marijuana allowed for any person or company

8.25 The average amount of marijuana, in grams, per adult that would come from the allowable crop of 40 metric tons.

50 The percentage of licensees the board estimates will go out of business in their first year

334 Stores that could be licensed to sell marijuana in the state; 18 could be in Spokane County

1,000 The distance, in feet, a marijuana story must be from a school, park or day care center, by the “common path of travel”

2 million Total area, in square feet, allowed for growing marijuana in state. No licensee could plant more than 30,000 sq. ft., or about two-thirds of an acre

 

For the story on today's Washington State Liquor Control Board's tentative approval of new rules, scroll down to next item.



Jim Camden
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.

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