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How did it come about that Seattle you know, the mega-city of the region with, probably, more cannabis users than the size of many mid-western cities has only one licensed retailer and theyve run out of weed?
Cannabis City says on their website and in a phone message that they might not open again until July 21.
Heck, its like were in the middle of a dry county and you gotta drive across the line to get a beer. For Seattle, you can head to Bellingham for marijuana (or wherever youve been getting it). But man, what gives?
Well, apparently, the stores that might have opened in the first week of sales either couldnt get their shops ready for final inspection by the Liquor Control Board, still needed local building or business permits or didnt want to.
Theres lots that has to go on and we probably could have had five open that first day if people would have been ready, said I-502 Project Manager Randy Simmons. And, some didnt want to open until end of August when they know there will be a steady supply chain coming through.
Well then, wheres the supply?
Simmons says that supply chain as everyone has been reporting is ramping up. The state now has 100 licensed growers (and more coming online weekly) with 700,000 square feet of marijuana canopy currently under lights/sun. But that doesnt mean the stores will have that much in dried flowers for sale.
Related story: Board reduces amount of marijuana each business can grow
I watched a large harvest last week, and thought thats going to be a lot of plant material out there, Simmons said. But when that grower logged in the traceability system, where Simmons gets his info, what they were doing with the harvest, very little of it went to plant that you would smoke.
It all looked like it was being shipped over to (a company) for extraction into oil that can be used in edibles or for smoking and vaporizing. The state has licensed three kitchens to make edibles and oils, but Simmons wasnt guessing when edibles and oils will hit retail outlets.
All proposed edibles and packaging for them have to be sent before the LCB for approval before they can be mass produced. The board made that rule in June.
Meanwhile, Top Shelf Cannabis and 2020 Solutions are still selling bud in Bellingham. Even in Vancouver, as the Columbian newspaper points out, youre out of luck.
New Vansterdam completely sold out of product on Sunday night. That was a big surprise, said Brain Budz, one of the owners, because they had planned out a steady supply that they thought would keep them open through the week.
We never had one down second, Budz said. From the minute we opened the door it was non-stop. It was just beyond our expectations.
and if you get some, heres come ideas for what to do with your first legal high:
Why cant you buy legal recreational marijuana in Seattle?
How did it come about that Seattle you know, the mega-city of the region with, probably, more cannabis users than the size of many mid-western cities has only one licensed retailer and theyve run out of weed?
Cannabis City says on their website and in a phone message that they might not open again until July 21.
Heck, its like were in the middle of a dry county and you gotta drive across the line to get a beer. For Seattle, you can head to Bellingham for marijuana (or wherever youve been getting it). But man, what gives?
Well, apparently, the stores that might have opened in the first week of sales either couldnt get their shops ready for final inspection by the Liquor Control Board, still needed local building or business permits or didnt want to.
Theres lots that has to go on and we probably could have had five open that first day if people would have been ready, said I-502 Project Manager Randy Simmons. And, some didnt want to open until end of August when they know there will be a steady supply chain coming through.
Well then, wheres the supply?
Simmons says that supply chain as everyone has been reporting is ramping up. The state now has 100 licensed growers (and more coming online weekly) with 700,000 square feet of marijuana canopy currently under lights/sun. But that doesnt mean the stores will have that much in dried flowers for sale.
Related story: Board reduces amount of marijuana each business can grow
I watched a large harvest last week, and thought thats going to be a lot of plant material out there, Simmons said. But when that grower logged in the traceability system, where Simmons gets his info, what they were doing with the harvest, very little of it went to plant that you would smoke.
It all looked like it was being shipped over to (a company) for extraction into oil that can be used in edibles or for smoking and vaporizing. The state has licensed three kitchens to make edibles and oils, but Simmons wasnt guessing when edibles and oils will hit retail outlets.
All proposed edibles and packaging for them have to be sent before the LCB for approval before they can be mass produced. The board made that rule in June.
Meanwhile, Top Shelf Cannabis and 2020 Solutions are still selling bud in Bellingham. Even in Vancouver, as the Columbian newspaper points out, youre out of luck.
New Vansterdam completely sold out of product on Sunday night. That was a big surprise, said Brain Budz, one of the owners, because they had planned out a steady supply that they thought would keep them open through the week.
We never had one down second, Budz said. From the minute we opened the door it was non-stop. It was just beyond our expectations.
and if you get some, heres come ideas for what to do with your first legal high:
