Washington new green business

Marissa Luck Jul 14, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>There’s something green about marijuana sales, and isn’t the pot leaves. It’s the color of $3.6 million that flowed through Washington’s pot businesses in the first month of legal sales. The Olympian reports that of that total, the state received $889,000 in tax revenue.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/marissaluck7-gmail-com/">Marissa Luck</a></p> 
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            <p>There’s something green about marijuana sales, and isn’t the pot leaves. It’s the color of $3.6 million that flowed through Washington’s pot businesses in the first month of legal sales. <a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2014/08/08/3260931/a-month-in-marijuana-sales-at.html?sp=%2F99%2F101%2F112%2F123%2F&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">The Olympian</a> reports that of that total, the state received $889,000 in tax revenue. All those sales come in spite of a supply shortage from 150 growers who haven’t been operating long enough to grow, harvest, package and ship the amount of pot needed to meet demand. — M.L.</p>
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There’s something green about marijuana sales, and isn’t the pot leaves. It’s the color of $3.6 million that flowed through Washington’s pot businesses in the first month of legal sales. The Olympian reports that of that total, the state received $889,000 in tax revenue. All those sales come in spite of a supply shortage from 150 growers who haven’t been operating long enough to grow, harvest, package and ship the amount of pot needed to meet demand. — M.L.

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By Marissa Luck

Marissa Luck is a Tacoma-based writer and editorial intern at Crosscut. She has previously reported on issues of activism, homelessness, and Olympia city news for Works in Progress and Olympia Power &