Friday marked the first anniversary of the day Washington's legal marijuana law took effect, and hundreds of people celebrated by lighting up beneath the Space Needle at a party permitted by the city of Seattle.
After clearing an early pathway for marijuana legalization, medical cannabis activists are afraid their businesses could be swept under as Initiative 502 forces them to comply with new regulations designed with the recreational market in mind.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Seattle Hempfest – the world's largest pot protestival – celebrated in 2013 its first year since the legalization of marijuana in Washington State.
CANNABIS CULTURE - This year at Seattle Hempfest, thanks to the legal status of marijuana in Washington State, police were handing out bags of Doritios to the crowd.