420 GIRLS

Hollie Hillman, 30, of Longview, Washington, weighs out a gram of marijuana bud at the shop she co owns, Tuesday at Maranda’s. Inside are the fruits of a burgeoning legal marijuana industry. Although recreational marijuana stores are expected to open next year in Washington, Maranda’s serves only medical patients. Still, the place is a veritable pot emporium. A hint...

In Seattle, sales didn’t begin until noon at Cannabis City, a Sodo outlet that was the only Seattle pot shop to open on Tuesday. The price, with taxes, was $20 a gram. The shop sold two gram packages Tuesday. First in the door was Deb Greene, a 65 year old retiree who began waiting in line Monday afternoon, bringing...

Renee Petro is the mother of Branden Petro, aka Branden The Brave, a young boy who suffers from FIRES, or Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome. It is a form of epilepsy that takes place in kids 3 - 15 years old. Branden was eight when he got FIRES. The seizures caused by FIRES are destructive, and cause damage to...

Krystal Klacsan works 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...

Measurements and main results of exposed and non-exposed neonates to marijuana inutero, were compared at 3 days and 1 month old, using the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale, including supplementary items to capture possible subtle effects. There were no significant differences between exposed and non-exposed neonates on day 3. At 1 month, the exposed neonates showed better physiological stability and...