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Washington State moving slowly on implementing legal pot industry
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Jun 10, 2014
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Washington State moving slowly on implementing legal pot industry
Voters in Washington elected to legalize marijuana in 2012, but things have been a lot more slow going in the Northwest. For more on why we turn to Reid Wilson of the Washington Post.
People walk past the main stage at the first day of Hempfest, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Seattle. Thousands packed the Seattle waterfront park for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival — an event that is part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. Hempfest was expected to draw as many as 85,000 people per day.
People walk past the main stage at the first day of Hempfest, Friday, Aug. 16, 2013, in Seattle.
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Voters in Washington elected to legalize marijuana in 2012, but things have been a lot more slow going in the Northwest. For more on why we turn to Reid Wilson of the Washington Post.

There have been a number of hitches with Colorado's legalization of marijuana, including reports of kids showing up in ER rooms after getting into their parents edibles, border states seeing a spike in pot when those visiting Colorado return and a rash of dangerous explosions as people try to cook hash oil at home.

All troubles officials in Washington State are watching closely. Voters there also elected to legalize marijuana in 2012, but things have been a lot more slow going in the Northwest. For more on why we're joined by Reid Wilson of the Washington Post.