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Seattle is a vibrant and complex city, and the Seattle Channel's City Inside/Out with Brian Callanan brings you thoughtful, in-depth reports and discussions about important local issues every week.

Brian Callanan is a five-time Emmy winner who currently serves as a host, producer, and moderator for the Seattle Channel, where he's worked since 2011. His career in broadcast journalism began in 1995, and includes an 11-year stint as a reporter and anchor for Q13 News. Brian won the Seattle Municipal League's Civic Award for Government News Reporting in 2016. He lives with his wife and two daughters in West Seattle.

City Inside/Out: Marijuana Merger
City Inside/Out: Marijuana Merger
2/13/201529:30

Two years after voters approved state-regulated recreational marijuana in Washington, lawmakers are struggling to reform the largely unchecked medical marijuana industry, which is undercutting the budding new legal market for pot. We hear from all sides about the marijuana mess and the controversial effort to merge the two industries.

On the show:
Kari Boiter, founder, Americans for Safe Access
Vicki Christophersen, executive director, Washington CannaBusiness Association
Jason Duck, medical marijuana patient
Pete Holmes, Seattle City Attorney
State Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36th)
James Lathrop, owner, Cannabis City
State Sen. Ann Rivers (R-18th)
Steve Sarich, medical marijuana advocate
Dan Satterberg, King County Prosecuting Attorney
Oscar Velasco-Schmitz, founder, Dockside Cannabis & Dockside Co-op

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