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Lawyer apologises for taking bags of marijuana to the office

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on Friday apologised 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.

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