Governor Jay Inslee signed HB1453 into law, which is currently slated to go into effect on June 6, 2024. This bill allows a tax exemption for the cannabis excise tax (37%) on DOH-compliant products ( NOT ALL CANNABIS PRODUCTS ) for patients registered in Washington’s medical cannabis database.
Our Everett location is already medically endorsed , and we are working to get our Redmond and Seattle locations medically endorsed in summer 2024, so we can begin serving patients at all three locations.
Our certified medical consultants will be able to handle patient authorization forms and create MMJ cards. Make an appointment at Hashtag Everett today!
All employees at medically endorsed stores can check MMJ cards in the database for validity and complete medical sales with applicable tax exemptions on DOH-certified products.
No, our store policy will remain that we serve people who are 21 and over for both recreational and medical sales.
Medical patients can purchase up to three times the recreational legal limit daily.
Medical patients do not pay sales tax on any cannabis products.
After June 6, 2024, medical patients will be able to purchase DOH-compliant products without paying excise tax (37%), for a total reduction of approximately 47% from our standard retail price.
Medical-grade cannabis that meets or exceeds the testing requirements for Washington Department of Health (DOH) standards is known as DOH compliant cannabis for general use, high THC compliant use, or high CBD compliant use.
DOH-compliant products have undergone additional testing for pesticide levels, heavy metals, and mycotoxins and are subject to more stringent rules and regulations.
For a cannabis product to earn the DOH-compliant label, it must undergo testing that surpasses the state’s standards for normal recreational products.
Look for the logos below for general use, high THC, and high CBD compliant cannabis products that will be sold without excise and sales tax to medical cannabis patients, beginning June 6, 2024.
The state has developed the above three images for companies to place on their packages as a way to indicate their products have been tested to the higher DOH standards and are in fact DOH-compliant. Again, the three logos indicate:
Patients with terminal or debilitating medical conditions may, under their health care practitioner's recommendation, benefit from the medical use of cannabis.
Terminal or debilitating medical condition means a condition severe enough to significantly interfere with the patient's activities of daily living and ability to function, which can be objectively assessed and evaluated and limited to the following:
Humanitarian compassion necessitates that the decision to use cannabis by patients with terminal or debilitating medical conditions is a personal, individual decision, based upon their healthcare practitioner's professional medical judgment and discretion.
Due to a lack of scientific evidence supporting improved health outcomes from the use of medical cannabis for mental health conditions such as bipolar disorder, depression and anxiety, the Medical Quality Assurance Commission denied requests to add to the list of qualifying conditions. You may read the commission's and board's decision on the latest petition in the final order (PDF) .
Once the patient receives a medical cannabis authorization from their health care practitioner, they may contact a medically-endorsed store (PDF) , such as Hashtag Everett , and schedule an appointment with a certified consultant who will:
