The only legal marijuana store in Seattle, Washington, ran out of pot just three days after opening.
Cannabis City was opened Tuesday and since then sold 4,990 grams of pot worth $46.77 per two grams with tax. "We knew it was coming," James Lathrop, the owner of the store, told The News Tribune.
Washington became the second state after Colorado to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use. Colorado retailers began sales in January after voters in both states approved ballot initiatives in 2012.
Ninety licenses were issued in the state to marijuana growers and processors till last week, said Brian Smith, a spokesman for the Washington State Liquor Control Board, the agency charged with regulating the industry, reports The Tico Times.
According to a last week report by The Wire , there were two issues with the legal marijuana launch in Washington. Firstly, there was not enough product and the dispensaries were opened in the wrong places. The demand of pot is high in Seattle, which houses only one dispensary and certain conservative counties that voted against legalization, have several. To top it all, the marijuana growers were denied licences until March and Lathrop noted that it takes 3 to 4 months for a plant to mature.
Q13 Fox News had reported that during the day of opening of Cannabis City over hundreds of people waited in line; that included a 65-year-old woman who waited 21 hours to be first in line.
Even Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes was in the queue to get some legal pot. "I'm here to personally exercise myself this new freedom ... I bought two 2-gram bags of OG Pearl, which was recommended. I'm keeping one bag for posterity and one for personal enjoyment at some point when it's appropriate," he said.
The only marijuana store in Seattle will reopen on July 21.
