Sensible Washington, a group that ran a marijuana initiative last year that failed to make the ballot, will take another stab at a full-scale pot legalization measure this year. Douglas Hiatt, the group's director, says the initiative would repeal all state penalties for cannabis (possession, cultivation, sales, etc.) like the group's previous initiative. However, the new initiative, to be filed with the Washington Secretary of State's office today at 2:00 p.m., would include a new provision directing the state legislature to adopt regulations and possibly taxes for marijuana.

Hiatt says the initiative doesn't attempt to create a specific regulatory model because the group believes it would violate state rules requiring initiatives to stick to a single subject.

This falls on the heels of news that State Representative Mary Lou Dickerson (D-36, Queen Anne and Ballard) is sponsoring a bill to tax pot and sell it in state liquor stores.