class=quot;p1quot;Legal weed arrived Tuesday. And by late afternoon, the line of hopeful cannabis buyers was still stretched around the first retail store to sell in Seattle. Hours later, the new shop in Seattle and one in Bellingham were still serving customers, but both expected to have marijuana for sale Wednesday and possibly Thursday. Two other stores in the state, in Prosser and Spokane, were also open Tuesday. Top Shelf Cannabis opened its doors in Bellingham to waiting customers and prying reporters at 8 a.m., ushering in the first legal sales of recreational marijuana in the state, 20 months after voters made pot legal. And at high noon, Cannabis City made its first sale in Seattle. - Seattlepi
