3 break-ins in 3 days: Seattle cannabis shop owners, lawmakers frustrated by lack of legislation

SEATTLE — Three pot shops were broken into three days in a row this week across Seattle. The repeated crime highlights efforts to address the issue which failed to result in any legislation this past session. On Wednesday, Reef Cannabis in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood had a truck ram through the front of the shop.

Keiser co-sponsored Senate Bill 6133 which was sponsored by Sen. Jim McCune. The bill would have added an extra year of jail time for someone convicted of robbing a pot shop in a smash and grab. It would also require those businesses to report robberies or attempted robberies to the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

The second effort would have created a grant program to help retailers including pot shop owners pay for security improvements like bollards to stop people from crashing into the business. Efforts to tackle the problem made their way to Capitol Hill. Last month U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell announced she's cosponsoring the"Safer Banking Act" which would give marijuana, hemp, and cannabidiol businesses access to banking and financial services.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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