Bingen pot retailer one of first to receive LCB license Monday

Margie’s Pot Shop at 405 E. Steuben Street in Bingen is one of the first retail marijuana businesses to receive a license to legally sell cannabis, according to a list compiled by the Washington State Liquor Control Board on Monday.

Twenty-four marijuana retailers were notified that their licenses had been approved early Monday morning, according to a LCB press release. After a mandatory 24-hour quarantine period, growers and processors can begin transporting marijuana to pot shops, allowing permitted retailers to begin selling marijuana legally to those 21 and older immediately.