Wash towns and cities consider marijuana-friendly name changes

Washington cities and town have been considering
name changes they hope will attract more agri-tourism.

The recent passage of Initiative 502 that legalizes marijuana in Washington state, has created some unintended consequences that are already being felt at the local level.  Among other challenges have been the recent move by local cities to make their jurisdictions more friendly to those willing to explore the newfound public freedoms introduced by this voter approved legislation.

Part of the effort to attract marijuana users to their communities has been an effort to rename cities.

Tokeland is an area located in Pacific County in southwest Washington.  Tokeland resident, Andrew Garcia, said, “We may not be a formal city, but according to the census bureau we are a census-designated place.  We don’t need to change our name where we live.  I don’t think people should be changing the names of their cities. Our name is pretty 420-friendly as it is, and we can really use some tourism at this place.”