Community-level policy responses to state marijuana legalization in Washington State

摘要

Background: Washington State (WA) legalized a recreational marijuana market-including growing, processing and retail sales-through voter initiative 502 in November 2012. Legalized recreational marijuana retail sales began in July 2014. In response to state legalization of recreational marijuana, some cities and counties within the state have passed local ordinances that either further regulated marijuana markets, or banned them completely. The purpose of this study is to describe local-level marijuana regulations on recreational retail sales within the context of a state that had legalized a recreational marijuana market.