After a year and a half, the moratorium will be lifted for marijuana production in Washington State. | Pixabay
After a year and a half, the moratorium will be lifted for marijuana production in Washington State. | Pixabay
After a year and a half, the moratorium will be lifted for marijuana production in Washington State.
“The moratorium was enacted to allow the county time to adopt new performance standards for marijuana production and processing,” San Juan County Department of Community Development Planner Adam Zack told Islands Weekly. “The draft ordinance before you today will amend San Juan County Code sections and add some new sections for production and processing performance standards.”
The temporary pause on production began in April 2019 and was extended twice.
"The new ordinance amends several existing county codes and adds new sections directly related to marijuana production and processing," Islands Weekly reported. "The topic of prohibiting permits to new marijuana grow operations arose from the controversy surrounding three proposed farms on Lopez. The applicant for all three permits through the state’s marijuana licensing board is Laurent Bentitou, who owns waterfront property on Lopez Sound Road and a cannabis farm named Ceres Garden in Bellevue, Washington."
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