PHOTOS: Washington state retail marijuana shops open
July 8, 2014
Employees prepare for opening day at the Cannabis City retail marijuana store on July 8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Cannabis City was the first retail marijuana store to open in Seattle today and one of the first group now operating in Washington state, nearly a year and a half after the state's voters chose to legalize marijuana for recreational use. (Pool photo by Elaine Thompson/AP) ( 451871678 )
Jeremy Cooper (L) waits with Deb Greene (R), who was first in line to enter Cannabis City, a retail marijuana store, on July 8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Cannabis City was the first retail marijuana store to open in Seattle on July 8 and one of many now operating in Washington state, nearly a year and a half after the state's voters chose to legalize marijuana. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) ( 451868574 )
Customers wait in line at Top Shelf Cannabis, a retail marijuana store, on July 8, 2014 in Bellingham, Washington. Top Shelf Cannabis was the first retail marijuana store to open today in Washington state, nearly a year and a half after the state's voters chose to legalize marijuana. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images) ( 451852778 )
Alison Holcomb, criminal justice director at the Washington state ACLU, poses with a plaque containing the marijuana she purchased at the Cannabis City retail marijuana store on July 8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. Cannabis City was the first retail marijuana store to open in Seattle today and one of the first group now operating in Washington state, nearly a year and a half after the state's voters chose to legalize marijuana for recreational use. (Pool photo by Elaine Thompson/AP) ( 451871816 )
Cannabis City owner James Lathrop puts up lines of "police" tape on the front of his shop to cut later for the opening on the first day that sales of recreational pot is legal Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle. Lathrop is planning on opening for sales at noon. Washington on Tuesday became the second state to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor's note as eager customers who lined up outside stores made their purchases and savored the moment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Jacob Junkman holds up signs as he waits in line at Cannabis City on the first day that sales of recreational pot became legal in the state Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle. Washington on Tuesday became the second state to allow people to buy marijuana legally in the U.S. without a doctor's note as eager customers who lined up outside stores made their purchases and savored the moment. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Cale Holdsworth, of Abeline, Kan., holds up his purchase after being the first in line to buy legal recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash. Holdsworth had been in line since 4:00 a.m. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Cannabis City owner James Lathrop briefly leans against the exterior of his new recreational marijuana store Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. The shop will be the first and, initially, only store in Seattle to legally sell recreational pot when sales begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
A customer, who declined to give his name, sniffs a strain of recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., during the first half-hour of legal sales in the states. Customers cannot be given samples, but are allowed to use "sniff jars" to help make their purchasing decisions. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Cale Holdsworth, of Abeline, Kan., pays for his purchase of recreational marijuana from sales clerk Ariane Brust, right, after being the first in line at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash. Holdsworth had been in line since 4:00 a.m. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Julian Rodriguez, right, of Everson, Wash., holds his two-gram packet of recreational marijuana outside Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., on the first day of legal sales. At left is Tom Beckley, the owner of the store. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
A customer pays for his recreational marijuana purchase at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., on the first day of legal sales in the state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Brian Travino, a student at Western Washington University wears a Washington state flag, as he waits with other customers to purchase recreational marijuana at Top Shelf Cannabis, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Bellingham, Wash., in the first half-hour of legal sales in the state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Cannabis City owner James Lathrop, right, walks past first-in-line customer Deb Greene at the recreational marijuana store Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. The store will be the first and, initially, only store in Seattle to legally sell recreational pot when sales begin Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( CORRECTION Rethinking Pot Washington )
In this photo taken Tuesday, July 1, 2014, packets of a variety of recreational marijuana named "Space Needle" are shown during packaging operations at Sea of Green Farms in Seattle. The grower, the first business licensed to grow recreational marijuana in Washington state, worked all weekend to have supplies ready for stores that were expected to be granted sale licenses on Monday, July 7, the day before legal recreational pot sales begin on July 8. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, right, has a laugh with farm director Phil Tobias, as they load packets of recreational marijuana into boxes, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle, for delivery to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, pours packets of recreational marijuana into boxes, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle, for delivery to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Phil Tobias, director of Sea of Green Farms, loads boxes of recreational marijuana into a lockbox inside a van, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle, for delivery to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Terry Martin displays a tee shirt he's selling celebrating legal marijuana in front of Cannabis City, as he waits with others on the first day that sales of recreational pot is legal in the state Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle. The symbols translate that under one ounce of pot and over 21-years of age means that it's legal. The shop is the first and, initially, only store in Seattle to legally sell pot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Phil Tobias, director of Sea of Green Farms, front, drives a delivery van in Seattle with farm owner Bob Leeds, as they set out on their first delivery of recreational marijuana to a store in Bellingham, Wash., on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Melissa McKelvey, left, urges driver Terry Martin, blocking traffic, to move along from in front of Cannabis City, on the first day that sales of recreational pot is legal in the state Tuesday, July 8, 2014, in Seattle. The shop is the first and, initially, only store in Seattle to legally sell pot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Amber McGowan, left, and Krystal Klacsan, right, work Monday, July 7, 2014 at the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City in Seattle to apply a state-mandated frosted film to the front of a display case that will contain pot varieties when legal sales begin on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The store will be the first and only store in Seattle to initially sell recreational marijuana on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
James Lathrop, right, the owner of the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City, checks out display case with glass bongs on display and an empty area awaiting actual marijuana, Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
The sign promoting recreational marijuana sales is displayed at the Rainier on Pine recreational marijuana store in Tacoma, Wash., Monday, July 7, 2014. The store won't be opening on Tuesday when legal sales begin due problems getting enough pot from growers and processors. The store's owner says he is confident supplies will stabilize soon and says they will be open for business later in July. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
A sign noting the Washington state law that prohibits opening packages that contain marijuana or marijuana-infused products in public rests on a glass case displaying bongs for sale Monday, July 7, 2014, at the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City in Seattle. The store will be the first and only store in Seattle to initially sell recreational marijuana when legal sales begin on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
A framed-print offering congratulations on the opening of the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City sits with a bottle of sparkling wine on the shop counter Monday, July 7, 2014, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
An ATM sits next to a case displaying glass bongs, Monday, July 7, 2014 at the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
Krystal Klacsan prepares artwork to be hung, Monday, July 7, 2014 behind a case displaying glass bongs at the recreational marijuana store Cannabis City in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
In this photo taken July 1, 2014, Stevie Askew, a worker at Sea of Green Farms, packs recreational marijuana into blunts that will be sold in stores when legal recreational pot sales begin Tuesday, July 8, in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
In this photo taken July 1, 2014, workers Kristi Tobias, right, and Bruce Cumming prepare packets of a variety of recreational marijuana named "Space Needle" at Sea of Green Farms in Seattle. Workers at the grower, the first business licensed to grow recreational marijuana in Washington state, worked all weekend to have supplies ready for stores that were expected to be granted sale licenses on Monday, the day before the first day of legal recreational pot sales in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Rethinking Pot Washington )
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