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Washington State has built a reputation for forging its own regulatory paths, often setting precedents that the rest of the country watches with keen interest. From the rainy coastal rainforests of the Olympic Peninsula to the high desert plateaus east of the Cascades, local policymakers generally favor systematic oversight over hasty prohibitions. Yet when it comes to the Southeast Asian botanical known as Mitragyna speciosa, the legal landscape across The Evergreen State looks surprisingly unc …