Rules In Flux
While in the middle of possible revisions to the proposed recreational cannabis use regulations, Washington State Liquor Control Board’s (LCB) lead attorney, Ingrid Mungia, will be available for questions and clarifications during Seattle’s next big cannabis seminar. The LCB is responsible for implementing Washington’s recreational cannabis law, I-502. The initiative, passed last November is a seed-to-sale regulatory platform that must fit in with a decade’s old Medical Marijuana (MMJ) system providing alternative medicine to thousands of state citizens.
To take no credit from other well informed and experienced participants, Mungia’s attendance may be worth the price of entry since the LCB has had to slow down it’s rule making process by two weeks just to inventory and review the avalanche of comments received at the last minute to the proposed rules, that by all accounts please the MMJ community and trouble many in the expectant recreational use business crowd.
The Seminar’s Annoucnement
On May 16, 2013, the Liquor Control Board (LCB) released the first round of draft I-502 rules to the public. Those rules are lengthy and complicated, and they create multiple barriers to entry for potential licensees of all sizes. In an effort to bring clarity to the licensing registration process, the Canna Law Group is hosting its second annual educational series. The goal of this event will be to help position stakeholders to secure an I-502 license in the coming months.
In “A Stakeholder’s Guide to Obtaining an I-502 License,” Canna Law attorneys Hilary Bricken and Robert McVay will share with attendees their perspective on the rules, both as experienced legal counsel to the cannabis industry and as the directors of the Cannabis Business Group, an I-502 focused trade organization on the front lines of lobbying the LCB regarding its rules.
Other speakers will include Steven Davenport, of BOTEC Analysis Corp.,, Ingrid Mungia, the LCB’s staff attorney and lead author of the draft rules, and Amy Poinsett, CEO of the Denver-based cannabis traceability software company, MJ Freeway. As part of the LCB’s expert advisory team, Mr. Davenport will share his views on the rules regarding BOTEC’s studies for the LCB on cannabis logistics and policy. Ms. Mungia will impart to attendees the timeline for the LCB’s rulemaking, her take on the rules as LCB legal counsel, and the various issues the LCB sees with this first draft. Ms. Poinsett will educate the crowd on traceability software and point of sale systems under I-502, as well as what stakeholders can expect from upcoming cannabis technology.
These valuable industry, advisory, and governmental insights will give stakeholders a great opportunity to better understand the I-502 marketplace and the proposed rules. The audience can also expect a meaningful Question and Answer session with all of the panelists. Ultimately, the goal of this educational series is to ensure that potential licensees have the information they need to obtain a license in September.
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