Working to transform the child welfare system.

Initiative 502, passed by voters in 2012, authorizes the regulation, sale and taxation of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Funding is provided for a contract with the Washington State Institute for Public Policy to conduct a cost-benefit evaluation of implementation of I-502, as required by the initiative. A preliminary report is due to the Legislature by September 1, 2015, and the first final report is due by September 1, 2017.