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Marijuana food truck set to roll into Washington state this weekend
Related story: San Jose dispensaries offer free marijuana to card-carrying voters
Veronica Rocha
Washington and Colorado are currently the only two states with laws supporting recreational marijuana use. Next week, New York is expected to join 22 states, along with the District of Columbia, that have legalized medical marijuana usage in some form. Medical marijuana has been legal in California since 1996.
But because recreational marijuana retailers can't legally sell edibles in Washington until July, only customers wielding medical marijuana cards can order Samish's weed-laced dishes such as truffle popcorn, peanut butter and jelly, and a Vietnamese pork banh mi.
Garyn Angel, Magical Butter's chief executive and food truck operator, said his truck is serving medical marijuana and thus falls into a gray area when it comes to the state's weed regulation.
He said the dishes contain up to 100 milligrams of THC, a relatively high amount. Colorado considers 10 milligrams of THC a substantial single dose.
- AT 11:20 AM JUNE 28, 2014
Customers should expect to fork over more money if they dine at the Samich food truck.
“This will be a high-end meal either way, but our infused entrees will cost around $10 more than a typical entree,” Angel told the Cannabist. “If you go to a restaurant where something would normally cost $15, you could expect to pay $25 at our place."
After debuting in Denver on the unofficial weed holiday 4/20, the Samich food truck is to roll into the MMJ Universe Farmers Market in Black Diamond, Wash., this Saturday and Sunday. Magical Butter will also be selling its MB2 machine, which retails for about $170.
And in case you were wondering, Samich stands for Savory Accessible Marijuana Infused Culinary Happiness.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-marijuana-food-truck-20140627-story.html
What a shame.......nice idea!!
Bummer!
Washington's first cannabis food truck can't open and all edibles are illegal in state-run marijuana stores
http://mynorthwest.com/108/2554611/Washingtons-first-cannabis-food-truck-cant-open-and-all-edibles-are-illegal-in-staterun-marijuana-stores
Now this is interesting .......wheres joe cain??
Cannabis-centric farmers market to debut in Boyle Heights
BUSINESS
Marijuana food truck set to roll into Washington state this weekend
FOR THE RECORD: An article in the June 28 LATExtra section about the opening of a cannabis-centric farmers market in Boyle Heights said a marijuana collective would be closed from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day so that the ability of customers to purchase marijuana could be verified. Although the collective will be closed, the cannabis-centric market will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m from July 4 through July 6.
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At the market, she said, card-carrying medical marijuana patients will be able to smell, touch and — yes — purchase fresh, organic buds directly from growers who will be coming in from around the state.
Marijuana treats, oils, concentrated cannabis and glass pipes may also be on the menu.
David Welsh, who represents the West Coast Collective and several other dispensaries throughout the region, said the market is not "some rogue shop" and complies with local laws.
The event won't be open to the public in the way most open-air farmers markets are, and access will be limited to those who can legally buy pot.
Organizers said they intend to close the collective from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day so they can verify that every customer is legally able to purchase marijuana products, a process that will include calling their doctors, checking IDs and running licenses through the state's medical marijuana program database.
"It's a novel idea," Welsh said of the market. "It really holds true to the purpose of the medical marijuana law."
The city attorney's office did not respond to questions Friday on the legality of the event or whether it would be challenged.
LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera said it doesn't appear that organizers would be breaking the law so long as they sell only to licensed customers.
The West Coast Collective's 15,000-square-foot shop in the 1500 block of South Esperanza Street is one of 135 dispensaries allowed to operate in Los Angeles under Proposition D, the ballot measure passed last year that set up the legal parameters for some dispensaries to remain open.
For months, organizers discussed cutting out the middleman for medical marijuana patients, much as typical farmers markets do for thousands of consumers across L.A. every week.
The idea for a cannabis market, Bradbury said, came after she noticed that some dispensaries were providing false information about the product and significantly increasing their prices to patients.
A market would give patients an opportunity to talk to growers and get wholesale prices — something that isn't usually available.
"Dispensaries are >>>"supposed" to allow patients to access their growers," Bradbury said.
(Not take away their rights like they are trying to do here)
[i need a 'samich']
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-pot-market-20140628-story.html
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