City Hall

Afternoon Fizz: Human Services and Public Pot Consumption

Mayor Ed Murray appoints a new head of human services, and city attorney Pete Holmes says it's time to stop targeting black and homeless people for smoking pot in public.

07/23/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Pot

Marijuana Sales Now Legal, Exorbitant

Marijuana sales now legal, exorbitantly expensive, in Washington state.

07/08/2014 By Casey Jaywork

Marijuana

You Put Your Weed in It

Meet three people pushing the limits of Seattle’s new, tasty, and legally dubious frontier of marijuana edibles.

07/01/2014 By James Ross Gardner

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: Much-Deserved Neighborhood Fanfare

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring how we really felt about this week's headlines.

06/27/2014 By Morning Fizz

Slideshow

Slide Show: You Put Your Weed in It

06/24/2014

News in a minute

One-Sentence Stories

A (really) brief recap of the news you might have missed.

05/01/2014 By Jeremy G. Novak

News in a Minute

One Sentence Stories

A (really) brief recap of the news you might have missed.

03/01/2014 By Jeremy Novak

PubliCalendar

Publicalendar: Community Climate Forum, Youth Drug Summit, and Drinking for the Watershed

Today's picks for civic nerds.

02/25/2014 By Genie Leslie

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Beers for Buses, Climate Forum, and Youth Drug Summit

Today's picks for civic nerds.

02/24/2014 By Genie Leslie

News Bites

One-Sentence Stories February 2014

A (really) brief recap of the news you might have missed

02/01/2014 By Zosha Millman

City Hall

The Brave New World of Pot Enforcement

Pot laws collide: Pot smoking in public is the city's "lowest law-enforcement priority." It's also now explicitly illegal under I-502. Here's how both laws might play out in Seattle.

12/10/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

Explainer

Marijuana, Seed to Sale

Between November 18 and December 18, the Washington State Liquor Control Board will accept license applications for marijuana producers, processors, and retailers. Here’s how pot will get from the grow-op to the pipe bowl.

11/01/2013 By James Ross Gardner

City Hall

Extra Fizz: Council Adopts Pot Rules

The city council adopts compromise rules for growing and selling pot; meanwhile, the state liquor control board meets tonight to discuss how it plans to regulate recreational marijuana now that it's legal.

10/08/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

Article

Jeremy Faber, Mushroom Hunter

The secret life of the founder of Foraged and Found Edibles.

09/03/2013 By Langdon Cook

Jolt

Morning Jolt: Feds Won't Interfere with WA State Pot Law

AG Holder says the feds will not preempt I-502, the marijuana legalization law Washington voters passed in 2012.

08/29/2013 By Afternoon Jolt

Munchies

Washington’s First Marijuana Restaurant Makes a Brief Appearance in Seattle

The term ‘marijuana restaurant’ might sound a little too fantastical to be true, but in fact such a place almost existed in the University District.

08/15/2013 By Shirley Qiu

This is a Real Thing

Why, Yes—Redhook and Hilliard's Made a Beer Celebrating Legalized Marijuana

It's called Joint Effort Ale. Brace yourself for wordplay.

07/15/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

City Hall

New Pot Rules: The Uncharted Territory of Brownies, Free Samples, and the "Hash Issue"

As the city prepares for legal recreational pot sales, plenty of questions remain.

07/08/2013 By Erica C. Barnett

Weed

The Pot Czar Is Worried About You

Can Mark Kleiman thwart the rise of Big Cannabis?

07/01/2013 By James Ross Gardner

High Hogs

Butcher BB Ranch Is Feeding Marijuana to Pigs

First there was grass-fed beef. Now we have marijuana-fed pork.

05/14/2013 By Cassie Sawyer