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In several ways, the State of Washington is an absolute pioneer and innovator for the American cannabis industry. Today, the legislature is looking hard at a bill known as House Bill 2320, which would raise the minimum age of products containing 35% THC or more, to 25 years old.
Twelve years of legal cannabis in Washington
Washington was the first state to fully legalize cannabis for adult-use in 2012, when Initiative 502 passed by an 11 percent margin during the 2012 elections. At that time, Washington became an unofficial case study into what a fully legal cannabis marketplace would look like.
Since the passing of I502 over a decade ago, Washington cannabis has become a billion dollar industry. In 2023, in fact, the Washington cannabis industry recorded over $1.1 billion in licensed sales by November. Washington’s shortfall was considerably smaller than California or Oregon from 2022 to 2023. Additionally, Washington was one of, if not the very first state to implement proper social equity measures within their state’s cannabis industry with House Bill 2870, which passed in March 2020.
Washington cannabis today
The catalog of products offered at Washington dispensaries are diverse and
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