I'd hate to say it but there are far more pressing issues on the budget than weed. Stop acting like a baby boomer and think about other people once in awhile.

Yeah Tobias, since lawmakers can't come to agreement on the budget clearly we shouldn't be able to pass any other sensible legislation. Shut it all down.

Dear Jay Inslee,

Stop being a shitty governor.

Love,
Everyone who bothers to follow all the ineffective and useless bullshit you do (and all the things you don't bother to do, you fucking oaf)

I don't personally indulge (well, maybe rare occasions) but the cannabis industry is important to Seattle. Weed might not sound like a serious issue but funding is. We need to be able to tax the shit out of it so we can fund things like schools and, for the love of god, housing. Also, legalizing delivery services would easily increase the number of legal, accessible jobs in the city, with labor laws that protect workers in a way that illegal jobs just don't. And it would be more doable by bike than something like Instacart where workers often need to haul large loads.

I hate to say this, but you failed big on this one Tobias. What a sham it is for you to even suggest that of the three pot related bills "only one of them was of the "desperately needed fix" variety. The other two—on legalizing industrial hemp and marijuana research licenses—would have been cool, but we can make it another year without them." Seriously? SB 6341 - A bill which, if passed, would simply allow growers/processors the legal right to give out swag at retail stores? Are you kidding me? And you didn't even mention the bill(s) that called for a "home grow" provision for all adults 21 and over. Yet, you stake the claim that if "alcohol and beer" can promote with swag "why can't the cannabis industry do the same?" Last time I checked anyone of us can brew beer at home and yet still no mention of a "home grow"? Hmmm...

It's troubling. In this new age, where we are confronted with the externalities of bad public policy ( i.e. climate change, environmental degradation, pollution, growing inequality etc.,) Marijuana Research and Industrial HEMP should be of the highest priority. Anyone paying attention knows this to be to true. And yet...?

The End of Prohibition shouldn't just be centered around scoring "legally taxed” dope from a store. Though this is a pretty cool experience. However, for us Seattle natives scoring "high-quality, pesticide-free flowers" has never really been a problem if you knew your grower or better yet if you grew your own. Which many of us like to do by the way. Personally, I am offended by the the fact that our rights are being systematically squashed to such a profound low as to now legislate that as of JULY 1st, anyone who wants the "legal" right to grow 4 plants at home must now sign up for "the Registry!" This is an outrage! I can't believe that there aren't more people looking out for the common good.