For Karen Stratton and her husband, growing marijuana is a family affair. Rajah Bose
At city council meetings, they call her “Spokanabis Stratton” or “The Weed Queen,” and, with a wink, ask her if she brought the brownies. But all teasing aside, 52-year-old Spokane City Council member Karen Stratton says she hasn’t gotten a lot of flak, in the political arena or from her constituents, about her decision to grow marijuana.
“I think people were kind of fascinated by it, and interested, because it was so new,” she explains on the drive out to the cannabis farm she co-runs with her husband, attorney Chris Wright.