Residents Celebrate As Marijuana Use Becomes Legal In Washington State [Getty Images]

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: A Seattle resident takes marijuana from a plastic bag shortly after a law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana took effect on December 6, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. Voters approved an initiative to decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana making it one of the first states to do so. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images)

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