“Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on Friday apologized for violating workplace rules by bringing bags of marijuana he purchased from newly-opened Washington state pot shops back to his office.
Holmes was one of the first people in line earlier this week as the first few marijuana retail shops opened across Washington state, where voters in 2012 sanctioned the sale of cannabis to adults for recreational use under a steeply taxed and regulated system.
“When I brought the unopened marijuana to City offices — trying to keep up with a busy schedule — I nonetheless violated the City’s rules,” Holmes said in a statement on the city’s website.”
Read more from RawStory here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/12/seattles-city-attorney-apologizes-for-taking-bags-of-marijuana-to-the-office/
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