SEATTLE — Washington’s first recreational marijuana stores open for business this week in the following locations:
Arlington: Cascade Kropz
Bellevue: Green Theory
Bellingham: Top Shelf Cannabis and 2020 Solutions
Bingen: Margie’s Pot Shop
Camano Island: Bud Hut
East Wenatchee: The Happy Crop Shoppe
Ephrata: High Time Station
Kelso: Freedom Market
Lacey: 420 Carpenter
Langley: Whidbey Island Cannabis Company
Longview: Westside 420 Recreational
Okanogan: 4 Us Retail
Prosser: Altitude
Seattle: Cannabis City
Spokane: Spokane Green Leaf, Satori/Instant Karma and Green Star Cannabis
Tacoma: Space, Creative Retail Management
Union Gap: Verde Valley
Vancouver: New Vansterdam and Main Street Marijuana
Winthrop: Austin Lott
SEATTLE — Washington issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday with a middle-of-the-night email alerting bleary-eyed pot-shop proprietors that they’ll finally be able to open for business.
“We’re pretty stoked,” said John Evich, an investor in Bellingham’s Top Shelf Cannabis, in a 2:30 a.m. Pacific time interview with The Associated Press. “We haven’t had any sleep in a long time, but we’re excited for the next step.”
Randy Simmons, the state Liquor Control Board’s project manager for legal marijuana, said Sunday night that the first two dozen stores were being notified so early to give them an extra few hours to get cannabis on their shelves before they are allowed to open their doors at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The store openings are expected to be accompanied by high prices, shortages and celebration.