The state Liquor Control Board drafted a rule last year that businesses with liquor licenses cannot allow marijuana consumption on their premises. The situation presents a conundrum for tourists coming to get their first taste of legal Washington grown marijuana, If they don't know anyone who lives in the state, where can they go to legally consume the drug? Dufour said the question highlights the need for smoking clubs.By not having these establishments, you are actually encouraging out-of-state people to break the law, he said. They can't smoke in their hotels, so where do you go smoke? Despite the limitations, Dufour sees opportunity in the vagueness of the law, and he sees business owners looking to exploit some key loopholes. As long as you are on private property it doesn't say anything about being commercial or residential, just private property and you're outside the view of the public, he said. That's all the law really states. - The Columbian
