Lawmakers and others from around the country attended a discussion Wednesday to learn from Washington and Coloradohow best to think about legal marijuana and regulate it.
But even the experts in the pioneering states don’t have all the answers yet, with questions still percolating on how much tax revenue marijuana can generate, and how best to regulate and enforce the use of the substance.
Speaking before several hundred people at a panel during a convention of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, cautioned that Washington state should be careful not to be too optimistic about marijuana-tax revenue.