Politics & Government

Mike Carrell, Pam Roach, Other State Lawmakers Ask Questions About Pot Law

Crosscut.com is reporting that the Lakewood lawmaker is one of many who questioned the state liquor control board, the agency in charge of regulating marijuana.

"It's not going to be going into drugstores is it?"

That was the question Lakewood Republican Mike Carrell reportedly asked regarding marijuana and how it will be regulated under Washington's new law Monday, according to Crosscut.com.

Then, Sen. Pam Roach jokingly askedΒ if Colorado, the only other state to legalize pot, would adopt John Denver's Rocky Mountain High as the state song.

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State lawmakers got their first look at how legalized marijuana will look from a legislative standpoint. As to his question, state liquor control deputy director Rick Garza told Carrell that, no, people won't be able to buy weed at Walgreens.

It also quoted Adam Kline, D-Seattle.

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