USA. Washington state. Seattle. James Lathrop is the owner of Cannabis City. Cannabis City is authorized, according to cannabis legalization in Washington State, to sell marijuana as a retail store front. Cannabis City was the first state-licensed store for recreational marijuana open in July 2014. Cannabis, commonly known as marijuana, is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug and as medicine. Pharmacologically, the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC); it is one of 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 84 other cannabinoids, such as cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN), tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), and cannabigerol (CBG). 14.12.2014 © 2014 Didier Ruef