Mary Jane, you’re famous now!

Bill Lucia Jul 10, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h2><p>Mary Jane is officially joining the ranks of city history. The first person to purchase recreational marijuana legally in Seattle donated her pot to the Museum of History and Industry on South Lake Union today (as she had promised a Crosscut reporter). Sixty-five-year-old Deb Greene camped outside of Cannabis City</p></h2>
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            <p>Mary Jane is officially joining the ranks of city history. The first person to purchase recreational marijuana legally in Seattle donated her pot to the Museum of History and Industry on South Lake Union today (as she had <a href="http://crosscut.com/2014/07/08/law-justice/120940/how-media-almost-killed-seattles-first-legal-buzz/?page=single&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">promised</a> a Crosscut reporter). Sixty-five-year-old Deb Greene camped outside of Cannabis City the night before the grand opening on July 8, after deciding to partake in the historic moment on a whim. She was joined at the museum today with representatives of Cannabis City who donated scissors from cutting the red tape and other memorabilia. Leonard Garfield of <a href="https://twitter.com/MOHAI?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">@MOHAI</a> accepts Deb Greene's historic Sweet Lafayette today; 1st legal <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/pot?src=hash&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">#pot</a> purchased in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Seattle?src=hash&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">#Seattle</a>. <a href="http://t.co/w67ZzRthaW?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">pic.twitter.com/w67ZzRthaW</a>— Ken Lambert (@SeaTimesFotoKen) <a href="https://twitter.com/SeaTimesFotoKen/statuses/491671868081197056?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">July 22, 2014</a></p>
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Mary Jane is officially joining the ranks of city history. The first person to purchase recreational marijuana legally in Seattle donated her pot to the Museum of History and Industry on South Lake Union today (as she had promised a Crosscut reporter). Sixty-five-year-old Deb Greene camped outside of Cannabis City the night before the grand opening on July 8, after deciding to partake in the historic moment on a whim. She was joined at the museum today with representatives of Cannabis City who donated scissors from cutting the red tape and other memorabilia. Leonard Garfield of @MOHAI accepts Deb Greene's historic Sweet Lafayette today; 1st legal #pot purchased in #Seattle. pic.twitter.com/w67ZzRthaW— Ken Lambert (@SeaTimesFotoKen) July 22, 2014

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By Bill Lucia

Bill Lucia writes about Seattle City Hall and politics for Crosscut. He can be reached at bill.lucia@crosscut.com and you can follow him on Twitter @bill_lucia.