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In this photo taken March 24, 2020, Christopher Ellis, right, leans in to show his identification to budtender Maegan Clark, left, as he stands on a line taped on the floor to designate a social distancing separation due to the new coronavirus, while shopping at The Reef Capitol Hill, a marijuana store in Seattle. Earlier in the week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ordered nonessential businesses to close and the state's more than 7 million residents to stay home in order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. In Washington and several other states where marijuana is legal, pot shops and workers in the market's supply chain were deemed essential and allowed to remain open. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this photo taken March 24, 2020, Christopher Ellis, right, leans in to show his identification to budtender Maegan Clark, left, as he stands on a line taped on the floor to designate a social distancing separation due to the new coronavirus, while shopping at The Reef Capitol Hill, a marijuana store in Seattle. Earlier in the week, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ordered nonessential businesses to close and the state's more than 7 million residents to stay home in order to slo…

March 28, 2020

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