Oregon Buyers Make Washington Dispensary Top Marijuana Retailer in the State

June 4, 2015
johnhollon
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Oregon marijuana users helped propel a Vancouver retailer to the top recreational weed shop in Washington.

Main Street Marijuana sold $1.8 million in May alone, the state liquor control board announced this week, besting Seattle-based Uncle Ike’s $1.5 million. Another Vancouver-based shop, New Vansterdam, ranked third in the state with $1.2 million in May sales.

Marijuana sales across Washington have continued to increase since the state began allowing legal sales of the recreational drug last year. In May, Washington marijuana shops sold a combined $41.5 million.

Main Street has come out on top three months in a row, in part, owner Ramsey Hamide said, because it draws customers from two states.

“Probably half of our business is from Oregon,” Hamide said. [Read more at the Portland Oregonian]

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