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Here, the final step of the lengthy marijuana growing operation takes place as Bob Leeds, left, owner of Sea of Green Farms, hands boxes containing packaged recreational marijuana to Tom Beckley, right, the owner of Top Shelf Cannabis in Bellingham, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows the manifest for recreational marijuana being delivered from Sea of Green Farms to a store in Bellingham, Wash. Every detail of a delivery is tracked by bar codes and lot numbers required by the state in efforts to prevent any loss or misuse of recreational pot. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This file photo shows packets of a variety of recreational marijuana named "Space Needle" during packaging operations. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Phil Tobias, director of Sea of Green Farms, loads boxes of recreational marijuana into a lockbox inside a delivery van in Seattle before leaving to take the product to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday, July 7. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Phil Tobias, right, director of Sea of Green Farms, prepares to drive a delivery van in Seattle with farm owner Bob Leeds, left, as they set out on their first delivery of recreational marijuana to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday, July 7. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A worker weighs out one-gram packets of a variety of recreational marijuana named "Space Needle," during packaging operations at Sea of Green Farms in Seattle. The grower, the first business licensed to grow recreational marijuana in Seattle, worked all weekend to have supplies ready for stores that were expected to be granted sale licenses when legal recreational pot sales were to begin on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this July 8, 2014, photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, pours packets of recreational marijuana into boxes at his business in Seattle for delivery to a store in Bellingham, Wash. It was the first delivery for the company since retail licenses were issued by the state on Monday, July 7. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Stevie Askew, a worker at Sea of Green Farms, packs recreational marijuana into blunts that will be sold in stores when legal recreational pot sales begin in Washington state on Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Workers at the establishment spent all weekend packaging to have supplies ready for stores that were expected to be granted sale licenses. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows a one-gram packet of a variety of recreational marijuana named "Space Needle" during packaging operations at Sea of Green Farms in Seattle. Each packet is labeled with the percentage of THC, a lot number, and warning messages. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Johnnie Seitz tends to plants in the mother room, where a larger marijuana plant is kept to produce small "clone" plants at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle. Each mother plant can produce as many as several hundred cloned offshoots. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Bruce Cummins, the clone room manager at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle, checks on the tiny plants. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, examines different strains of pot in a room where pot is dried prior to weighing, trimming, and packaging. Plants normally hanging in the room had all been processed and packed away for packaging and distribution. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows a sign warning about the use of security cameras at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle. Multiple cameras and alarms are used to protect the high-dollar crop. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, examines different strains of pot in a room where pot is dried prior to weighing, trimming, and packaging. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this June 25, 2014, photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, talks on the phone in his office. Leeds' operation is the first licensed grower in Seattle for recreational marijuana. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, smiles as he examines lab test results for one of his strains of marijuana in a room illuminated by yellow grow lights. Once pot is grown, dried, and processed, it must be tested by an authorized lab for levels of THC and other indicators before it can be sold in Washington state. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Johnnie Seitz moves a "mother" marijuana plant that was used to produce small "clone" plants at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle. Cloning from a mother plant is the first step in the process of growing marijuana for sale. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows tiny marijuana plants cloned from a larger "mother plant" in the clone room of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, marijuana plants at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle, grow in the foliage room, where "clone" plants that have developed roots are grown under special lights. Each plant is individually bar-coded, allowing it to be tracked by the state of Washington at every step of the growing, packaging, delivery, and purchasing process. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows marijuana plants in containers at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle. Each plant will soon be individually bar-coded, allowing it to be tracked by the state of Washington at every step of the growing, packaging, delivery, and purchasing process. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Mike Thrapp, head grower at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle, trims damaged leaves from marijuana plants. As the plants grow into larger plants that produce the desirable "flower" that is used for recreational pot, care must be taken to eliminate pests and other threats to the plant's health. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Bruce Cummins, the clone room manager at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle, checks on his tiny plants, which are kept in a continuous water bath until their roots develop. They are also monitored for mites and other pests. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, a ladybug crawls on a marijuana plant at Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower in Seattle. Ladybugs are used to control pests that could otherwise damage the plants. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) This photo shows the Washington state business license for marijuana grower Sea of Green Farms at the establishment in Seattle. The business is the first licensed grower in Seattle for recreational marijuana. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) In this photo, Bob Leeds, owner of Sea of Green Farms, a recreational pot grower and processor in Seattle, inspects small "clone" plants growing under lights in Seattle. The clones will be grown into full-size plants that produce the sticky "flower" required to make potent recreational marijuana. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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