WA dossier
Updated 3 months ago
A mature adult-use market operates under strict seed-to-sale tracking, alongside a medical endorsement and a hemp programme.
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Washington licenses adult-use cannabis with a mandatory seed-to-sale traceability system, and a medical endorsement allows a licensed retailer to serve patients. Home cultivation is not permitted for general adults. Hemp is regulated by the state agriculture department, and the state has acted to restrict intoxicating hemp-derived products.
The traceability system is the backbone of enforcement: every plant and product must be recorded in the state system.
Any gap in traceability records is a licence-level risk. Retailers should verify that hemp-derived products they carry fall within the state's permitted categories.
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The Liquor and Cannabis Board filed a preproposal notice on Oct. 9; no rule language has been proposed yet, and comments are open through Dec. 4.
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