From the Liquor Control Board:
The Washington State Liquor Control
Board (WSLCB) today issued the state’s first 24 marijuana retailer licenses. A
complete listing, including contact information of the new retail licensees,
can be found online within the Public Records section of
the WSLCB website.
The 24 applicants were notified via
email early this morning that they were approved for a retail license. Once
approved for a license, producers and/or processors are able to file a required
manifest for transporting to retail locations. Following a 24 hour quarantine
period, they may begin transporting products to retail stores. Marijuana
retailers may begin selling marijuana at their discretion following receipt of
product and entering it in to the traceability system.
Businesses receiving their licenses
today represent the first of 334 licenses allotted by the WSLCB for retail
sales who have successfully completed the licensing process. Locations
receiving licenses were selected by taking into account population, geographic
dispersion and the individual applicant’s readiness to be licensed.
Today’s issuance of the first retail
licenses represents the latest step following nearly 18 months of establishing
a controlled and comprehensive system of producing, processing and
retailing recreational marijuana.
The WSLCB was especially concerned
with the impact to children. There are strict rules regarding packaging,
labeling and advertising to ensure they not appeal to children. In June, the
LCB announced emergency rules that include a label and product approval
process.
WSLCB licensing investigators will
continue to issue producer, processor and retailer licenses as those
applications are completed. To date the WSLCB has licensed over 687,000 square
feet of plant canopy for marijuana production, roughly the equivalent of a
dozen football fields.
For more information including
summaries of the rules frequently requested lists please visit the LCB website
at www.liq.wa.gov.
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