Author: Bret Sachter
Bret Sachter is the managing attorney of The Sachter Law Office in Seattle, Washington. Bret takes a personal and highly responsive approach to representing his small business clients. Part of this approach means being aware of any changes in the law as they relate to new and exciting business opportunities. Accordingly, Bret has taken an interest in tracking the progression and transformation of marijuana laws, as they are among the most recent and highest-profile legal issues affecting entrepreneurs in Washington and, increasingly, all around the country.
The momentum to legalize marijuana appears to have picked up speed over the past several years, and public opinion has kept up. The federal government (which has not kept up with these legal changes) does have some authority it could wield over the states. That authority, however, has limits.
Though the origin of the tradition is hazy at best, the celebration of April 20, or 420, has become a fixture of American culture.
Marijuana attorney Bret Sachter answers common questions from landlords about renters and new medical, recreational marijuana laws.
Expected changes to Washington’s marijuana laws could create a new type of marijuana business license for “marijuana use lounges.”
Now legal, marijuana concentrates can be consumed via pill, tincture or edibles, smoked on their own (“dabbing”) or with a vaporizer pen.
Pot-infused edibles finally go on sale in Washington state, after delays due to changing rules on production and labeling.