Washington Welcomes Marijuana

Julian Rodriguez, 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 in the state.

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.

Bob Leeds, co-owner of Sea of Green Farms, shows some of the marijuana he produces during a tour of his company's facility in Seattle, Washington June 30, 2014. The state is poised on Monday to become the second after Colorado to allow retail sales of recreational marijuana to adults, under a heavily regulated and taxed system that voters approved in November 2012. Stores could begin operations as early as Tuesday, with up to 20 expected to open statewide. Picture taken June 30, 2014.

Pre-rolled marijuana joints are pictured at the Sea of Green Farms in Seattle, Washington June 30, 2014.

Hu Barney (C), smokes a joint during 420Fest at the Luxe Nightclub in Seattle, Washington in this file photo April 20, 2013. The Obama administration has decided not to sue Colorado and Washington over new laws that legalized recreational marijuana, allowing the two states to carry on their experiment as long as they follow new federal guidelines, a U.S. Justice Department official said.
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