"Patients facing a wide array of medical conditions can sometimes get assistance for prescription drugs from pharmaceutical companies, government agencies and charities. That same support system doesn’t exist for medical marijuana. 'Hopefully we can help fill that void until the federal government changes the status of marijuana nationally,' [WACA Executive Director] Christophersen said."

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"WACA also announced a new Code of Conduct on Tuesday that its members are signing on to. After WACA was formed following the passage of Initiative 502 the organization realized it needed to represent the will of the people, Christophersen said. 'The voter will was a safe, fully regulated market that keeps product out of the hands of kids, generates revenues for the state to deal with things like substance abuse and others,' she said. 'Our members feel very strongly about that responsibility and they take it very seriously.'"

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