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Recreational Pot To Be Sold In Washington State
ResumeAs of early this morning, Washington is the second state in the nation, after Colorado, to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use.
Roughly two dozen shops — a small fraction of those that applied for licenses — will be allowed to start selling tomorrow. Regulators say some 300 additional licenses will eventually be issued.
Austin Jenkins of Northwest News Network joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson from Olympia with details.
Guest
- Austin Jenkins, Olympia correspondent for Northwest News Network, part of the Here & Now Contributors Network. He tweets @AustinJenkinsN3.
This segment aired on July 7, 2014.