Recreational Marijuana Use Is Now Legal In Washington State

Brian Workman, left, holds a pipe full of marijuana oil for Randy Spencer, center to lite with a blowtorch during a public consumption marijuana rally on December 6, 2012 in Seattle. Despite the new law's ban on public marijuana use which is subject to a fine of about $50. In November, Washington state jumped into history becoming the first state along with Colorado to reject federal drug-control policy and legalize recreational marijuana use. UPI/Jim Bryant