Editorial: Adults should be allowed to grow cannabis at home
By The Herald Editorial Board
Now a full eight years after the state’s voters approved recreational marijuana, Washington adults, 21 and older, are allowed to buy, possess and use marijuana and cannabis products. What they can’t do is grow it themselves.
Washington state remains an outlier among states that allow the sale and possession of recreational marijuana. Of about 15 states where state law has legalized recreational cannabis, Washington and two other states forbid growing recreational marijuana at home, with an exception for medical cannabis; other states and the District of Columbia allow between three and 12 live plants per person, with most states allowing six.
That’s left those legal users of marijuana in this state to depend on commercially grown cannabis.
As with previous attempts, House Bill 1019 would allow each adult to grow six plants at a time, but would limit each residence to a maximum of 15 plants. Under other restrictions outlined in the bill, each plant would have to be labeled and identify the owner, and none of the marijuana produced could be sold, traded or bartered. The law maintains earlier set limits for cannabis possession: 16 ounces of marijuana, 72 ounces of liquid cannabis products and 7 grams of marijuana concentrate. Additionally, property owners could prohibit a renter from growing marijuana.
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