There are four states that have legalized recreational marijuana (and D.C.!) so far in America. Those of course are Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado. Colorado was the first to allow recreational marijuana sales (January 2014), followed by Washington (July 2014), and then Oregon (limited sales began October 2015). Alaska is still working out their rules, and Washington D.C. doesn’t allow sales (just possession, cultivation,and distribution for no consideration).

There is no hard evidence in Seattle that more homeless people are moving to the area because marijuana is legal. There may just be more people smoking in public because there is less enforcement, KIRO Radio's Dave Ross says. (AP)Dave Ross heard whispers that there is a link between 

The KIRO Radio host on Seattle's Morning News said that there's a theory that because people aren't hassled for smoking marijuana in public – at least as much as other places – homeless people are gravitating toward the Emerald City.

Santa beware: "No matter how tempting.. do NOT eat any cookies or brownies left out for you in Colorado or Washington"

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UNION GAP, Washington -- Marijuana-themed Christmas gifts are popular in states like Washington where marijuana has been made legal. Marijuana retailers said, like most businesses, their sales are higher during the holidays.

"They are flying off the shelves this year," Sara Hecker, who works at Station 420, said about its Christmas-themed gift baskets. The baskets contain a starter glass pipe, rolling papers and of course some pot.

The legalization of marijuana in Washington is just barely three years old, but retailers said they have already seen negative stigmas dissipate as more states follow suit. Retailers said it would not be long before finding a bag of weed under the Christmas tree is normal.

It's been three years since recreational cannabis was legalized in Washington - and in the weeks leading up to the holidays, business has never been more brisk.

Overall, monthly sales in the state grew from $3-million in the first year, to more than $57-million this November. Figures from the Liquor and Cannabis Board indicate 24 tons of marijuana was harvested in the state in November alone.

Pot advocates are sputtering in the fight to legalize marijuana.

Lawmakers extended protections for medical marijuana patients, but declined to adopt any further pot measures as part of a $1.9 trillion government spending bill for 2016, unveiled early Wednesday.

The Justice Department would be prohibited from prosecuting people who are following their state medical marijuana and hemp research laws. These provisions were first included in this year’s government funding bill.

However, provisions failed that would have granted pot shops access to banks and allowed doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs to recommend medical marijuana to soldiers.

Furthermore, lawmakers will continue to block Washington, D.C., from regulating pot.

When I arrived at Highline College to sit in on a meeting of the Washington State Pharmacy Quality Assurance Commission (PQAC) last Friday, I was fairly certain the puke-yellow puffy Ed Hardy jacket I’d spotted on the bus on the way there would be the most interesting thing I’d see all day. Instead I was treated to a riveting theoretical discussion of the ramifications of changing the scheduling of marijuana in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). This could be huge news.

Rick Steves doesn’t think Big Marijuana should control your pot. That’s one reason people in Washington state should be able to grow their own weed, Steves told KUOW’s Jeannie Yandel.

“I don't want marijuana to go the route of tobacco and have Joe Camel and Big Tobacco and Big Marijuana” dominate the industry, Steves said. “If there's money to be made, it's going to attract big corporate interests and they're going to have the clout. I like the idea of having home grow because it gives people an option to having to buy something from a giant organization. They can just have a few plants on the window sill, and it's not a big deal.”

The state’s second Native American-owned pot shop, Agate Dreams, opened yesterday in a nondescript building on the Suquamish reservation. As I drove past a sign for the grave where Chief Sealth rolls over every time we say “Seattle,” I found myself wondering how big of a deal this really was, given that we’ve already got tons of retail pot shops in Washington.