OLYMPIA -- Four licensed marijuana stores in Western Washington got caught this month selling pot to a minor who was working with the state licensing agency on "compliance checks."

The stores -- two in Everett and two in Tacoma -- could be hit with a $2,500 fine and a suspension. The person who did the actual selling could be charged by a local prosecutor.

The four stores were among 22 tested in checks between May 15 and 18. Brian Smith, a spokesman for the state Liquor Control Board which licenses recreational marijuana stores, said that compliance rate of 82 percent is lower than the 85 percent rate for all retail stores that sell some alcohol product and the 92 percent rate for stores that sell spirits.

The agency warned all recreational marijuana stores that it would be doing compliance checks starting this month, Smith said. It expects to do checks on all licensed pot stores around the state by June 30. Here's a list of the stores that failed and passed the compliance checks so far:

Businesses that sold marijuana to a minor

Mary Mart	3005 6th Avenue Ste. B (Tacoma)
Emerald Leaves	2702 6th Avenue (Tacoma)
Green City Collective	13601 Highway 99 Suite B (Everett)
Purple Haze	4218 Rucker Ave. (Everett)

Businesses that did not sell marijuana to a minor

Westside 420 Recreational	4503 Ocean Beach Highway (Longview)
Freedom Market	820A Westside Highway (Kelso)
Localamster	1006 California Way (Longview)
Longview Freedom Market	971 14th Avenue Suite 110 (Longview)
420 Holiday	2028 10th Avenue (Longview)
Diamond Green	4002 South 12th Street (Tacoma)
Rainier Downtown	112 South 24th Street (Tacoma)
Crockpot	1703 SE Sedgwick Road Suite 113 (Port Orchard)
Greenway Marijuana	4851 Geiger Road SE (Port Orchard)
420 Pot Shop	1374 SE Lund Avenue (Port Orchard)
HWY 420	1110 Charleston Beach Road West (Bremerton)
Kushmart	6309 Evergreen Way (Everett)
Bud Hut	11603 Highway 99 (Everett)
Herbal Nation	19302 Bothell Everett Highway (Bothell)
High Times	1519 Highway 99 (Lynnwood)
Euphorium Lynnwood	20925 Cypress Way Suite 104 (Lynnwood)
Local Roots Marijuana	212 West Winesap Road Suite 101 (Bothell)
High Society	8630 South March Point Road (Anacortes)

 

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