{"id":649,"date":"2015-03-15T18:58:59","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/?page_id=649"},"modified":"2015-03-15T23:15:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T23:15:42","slug":"kitsaps-first-legal-pot-store","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/kitsaps-first-legal-pot-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitsap&#8217;s first legal pot store opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 576px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-649-1\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/082414_Crockpot_opens.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/082414_Crockpot_opens.mp4\">http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/082414_Crockpot_opens.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Published online: <strong>Sunday,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Aug. 24, 2014<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Print:\u00a0<strong>Monday,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Aug. 25, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PORT ORCHARD \u2014 Terry Roden has never been high, and his wife, Darlene Roden, hasn\u2019t had marijuana since her youth in the 1970s, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who are in their early 50s, walked into Kitsap County\u2019s first retail marijuana store, Crockpot, as the first big wave of customers had cleared out 30 minutes after the doors opened at 10 a.m. Sunday in Port Orchard.<\/p>\n<p>The Rodens, who own a manufacturing company in Texas, have lived in their Port Orchard summer home for about six months, Darlene said.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning they stood at one of five windows inside Crockpot, asking questions about the three strains for sale, before deciding on the Blue Dream and Querkle. The third, Girl Scout Cooking, has a mint flavor, which Darlene doesn\u2019t like, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Dream strand was the most popular of Crockpot\u2019s options Sunday, according to Colette Thomas, a Crockpot store manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s obvious they know what they are selling,\u201d Darlene said.<\/p>\n<p>The Rodens don\u2019t smoke and won\u2019t be lighting up though. They will be trying their hand at baking edibles, Darlene said.<\/p>\n<p>While they had expected a long line at Crockpot, they were pleasantly surprised with the ease of their first legal marijuana purchase, they said.<\/p>\n<p>Although Crockpot didn\u2019t sell out of its 5 pounds of marijuana stock, owner Randy Jones said he wasn\u2019t sure how much he still had left Sunday evening. The store will open again at 9 a.m. Tuesday and be open until 8 p.m., according to Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The Rodens weren\u2019t the only ones expecting a crowd on the first day at Crockpot.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_650\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-650\" class=\"wp-image-650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675-620x347.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Boyington, of Port Orchard, was the first to make a purchase Sunday morning at Crockpot, Kitsap County\u2019s first retail marijuan store located at Bethel and Sedgwick in South Kitsap. (Steve Zugschwerdt \/ Special to the Kitsap Sun)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675-620x347.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675-893x500.jpg 893w, https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675-536x300.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675-89x50.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.rachelanneseymour.com\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crockpot18_7542038_ver1.0_900_675.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aaron Boyington, of Port Orchard, was the first to make a purchase Sunday morning at Crockpot, Kitsap County\u2019s first retail marijuan store located at Bethel and Sedgwick in South Kitsap. (Steve Zugschwerdt \/ Special to the Kitsap Sun)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Aaron Boyington, 22, of Port Orchard, showed up at 7 a.m. to beat the masses and to be first in line.<\/p>\n<p>When Crockpot employees unlocked the doors at 10 a.m., Boyington and nearly 20 other customers were waiting outside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to get here before the whole rush started. I assumed there would be a rush but didn\u2019t think it would be quite as light as it was,\u201d Boyington said.<\/p>\n<p>Boyington hadn\u2019t visited any of the other Seattle marijuana businesses, waiting for his local store to open, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that being first in line during the \u201chistoric day\u201d for the community was a big deal for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am the only person that was first in line for the first pot shop in Port Orchard,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Boyington was not only the first in line at Crockpot, he was the first to legally buy 2 grams of marijuana \u2014 the Girl Scout Cooking strain \u2014 in the county.<\/p>\n<p>Crockpot customers were buying marijuana for around $15-$16 a gram Sunday. Some Seattle stores were selling marijuana for about $20 a gram when they opened early last month, according to the Seattle Times.<\/p>\n<p>Boyington acknowledges the prices are higher than the black market \u2014 about $11-$12 a gram \u2014 but that as the supply increases the prices will decrease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just something we have to deal with right now. It\u2019ll smooth out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>While retail marijuana customers must be 21 or older, a majority of those standing in line outside Crockpot\u2019s front door appeared to be middle-age men, although a few women waited as well.<\/p>\n<p>At 22 years old, Boyington looked like the youngest in line.<\/p>\n<p>The second in line, Kevin Gardner, looked old enough to be Boyington\u2019s father.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner showed up not long after Boyington arrived, although he might have been first had he and his GPS not had issues finding the new store that is tucked into the back corner of the Sedgwick Plaza off Bethel Road. It\u2019s front door sits between a tattoo parlor and a state Department of Licensing office.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner had seen the Seattle stores selling out of marijuana and decided to wait until Kitsap opened its own store, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d waited this many years, what\u2019s another week, month, whatever it takes to get it here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, it\u2019s much more convenient, Gardner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published online: Sunday,\u00a0Aug. 24, 2014\u00a0 \u00a0 Print:\u00a0Monday,\u00a0Aug. 25, 2014 PORT ORCHARD \u2014 Terry Roden has never been high, and his wife, Darlene Roden, hasn\u2019t had marijuana since her youth in the 1970s, she said. 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