A SPECIAL NEWS SECTION OF THE MASON COUNTY JOURNAL
Overview
A LOOK, PAST & PRESENT Washington and Colorado are the only governments in history — as far as anyone can tell — to regulate the production, processing and sale of marijuana. PAGE 4
Law enforcement
COPS FREED UP BY LAW After a year and a half, law enforcement officers are still in a holding pattern, waiting to see what trends show up in the arrest data over the next few years. Despite their impressions, arrests and prosecutions for marijuana possession have decreased in the past year. PAGE 9
Sharon Foster
Q&A, LIQUOR BOARD BOSS The Mason County Journal talks to Sharon Foster, chairwoman of the Washington state Liquor Control Board, the agency that was given the job, through Initiative 502, of writing and administering the rules for the state’s recreational marijuana businesses. PAGE 16
A personal story
YIN AND YANG OF POT A reporter’s brush with pot opens senses, creates confusion during a trip to Hawaii. Tremendous insight often accompanies tremendous paranoia. That’s the yin and yang of marijuana. PAGE 19