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Apr 13 2018
AG Ferguson statement on Trump marijuana news
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered the following statement on the news of President Donald Trump's statement on marijuana legalization:
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Mar 13 2018
Appeals court agrees with AG opinion on local marijuana bans
OLYMPIA — A three-judge state court of appeals panel today ruled that local jurisdictions have the authority to ban marijuana sales, agreeing with Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s arguments and a 2014 Attorney General Opinion.
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Aug 4 2017
AG Ferguson statement on Sessions letter
OLYMPIA — In response to a letter from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions regarding Washington's marijuana regulations, Attorney General Bob Ferguson offered the following statement:
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Aug 4 2017
AG and Governor offer additional detail on Sessions letter
Following their statements earlier today, Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Governor Jay Inslee offer two examples of misleading information in U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ letter dated July 24:
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Aug 15 2016
AG Ferguson argues state marijuana regulation should be free from federal intervention
Attorney General Bob Ferguson urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit to reject two cases challenging Colorado’s recreational marijuana laws.
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Mar 21 2016
Attorney General offers statement on U.S. Supreme Court marijuana case
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today offered the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court denying an attempt to invoke its original jurisdiction in Nebraska and Oklahoma v. Colorado.
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Jan 21 2016
Attorney General to defend marijuana voter initiative in state appeals court Friday
OLYMPIA — Tomorrow, a state appeals court in Tacoma will hear a challenge to the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law.
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Jun 3 2015
State Supreme Court refers marijuana challenge to Court of Appeals
OLYMPIA — Today the Washington State Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state’s voter-approved recreational marijuana law.
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May 6 2015
AG urges LCB to consider all forms of marijuana that can appeal to children in rulemaking process
OLYMPIA — Attorney General Bob Ferguson today sent a letter to the Liquor Control Board sharing his recommendations about the board’s proposed permanent rules on recreational marijuana.  Ferguson highlighted his concern that rules be crafted to address all marijuana products that have the potential to appeal to children.
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Mar 27 2015
Attorney General defends states’ marijuana authority in US Supreme Court
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a “friend of the court” brief today in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to reject a challenge to Colorado’s marijuana laws. If the court takes up the case, it could threaten not just Colorado’s law, but also the regulatory structure for marijuana established by Initiative 502 in Washington state.
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