On April 19, 2022, the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) and the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) issued a joint press release regarding “Cashless Retail Transactions.” In this memo, WSLCB and DFI address the recent rash of deadly cannabis retail store robberies in Washington. Because Washington


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On Friday, April 1, 2022, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement (MORE) Act for the second time in two years. The MORE Act is one of at least three pieces of offered legislation that legalizes, or partially legalizes, marijuana at the federal level.
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