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Washington State Judge Upholds Ruling Allowing Small Cities To Ban Pot Shops

Jan Dizon   |

Aug 30, 2014 12:44 AM EDT

Judge Ronald Culpepper of Pierce County has upheld a ruling to allow small cities in Washinton State to continue banning small, legally licensed pot shops. Critics of the ruling have suggested that this could have major, negative imlications on the State's experiment on legal pot, which seeks to curb the black market of marijuana through a safe and regulated system to protect public health.