Radio Report: House approves Waters’ bill to ban sale, manufacture of liquor combined with THC

February 28, 2023

The state House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would make it illegal to manufacture and sell alcohol mixed with THC. John Sattgast reports from Olympia.

SATTGAST: Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC is the main psychoactive compound in marijuana. When combined with alcohol, Stevenson Representative Kevin Waters says the effects of impairment can be deadly.

WATERS: “In my community, we lost a 17-year-old girl in high school because of the effects of a car accident where THC and alcohol were combined.”

SATTGAST: Waters is a 17th District freshman Republican legislator from Southwest Washington. He wants to get ahead of the issue before these types of products become more prevalent.

WATERS: “My biggest fear is that our youth can get ahold of a product where alcohol and THC are combined, or someday, we have federal regulation come through where alcohol and THC can be combined.”

SATTGAST: In Washington, both substances are independently legal, but regulated. House Bill 1772 would prohibit the manufacture, importation and sale of products that combine THC and liquor. The bill passed 94 to 3 and now heads to the Senate.

John Sattgast, the state Capitol.