Washington Dispensary Now Takes Bitcoin for Cannabis
Silk Road may be dead, but in at least one Washington State city, people can still buy marijuana and related products using bitcoin. Medical marijuana dispensary Kouchlock Productions, which opened on Monday February 3, began accepting bitcoin for its wares this week. The dispensary, based in Spokane, is said to already have sold the drug in several bitcoin transactions. In Washington State, medical dispensaries were legalized in 1998, under initiative 692. This allows dispensaries to sell the drug to patients with terminal or debilitating medical conditions including cancer, HIV-positive....
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