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WA bar owner opens up pot-smoking club

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    Sports bar takes advantage of new law

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-- president -- this political hot potato in Washington DC there are businesses here in Washington.

That are already taking advantage of the new law.

The sign is an invitation to come inside freaky sports bar and light -- the joint.

And -- between poor shots that's just what Harold Caldwell does this -- Favorite place to go -- -- -- didn't.

Feel pretty -- sodas owner friction are polluting this will be a popular spot.

I was last -- -- -- customers can smoke pot in his second floor room because it's already set up as a private club for cigarette smokers.

With a ten dollar annual fee and he needs all the business he can get.

The way the economy is right now I can lose this at any moment because I have no customers.

And to bring in another type of a person to come and my establishment.

-- a plus for me star admits this move could get him on the Fed's radar marijuana is still illegal factually.

And the president is reportedly meeting with key members of his administration to figure out how to respond to our State's new reality.

The options include prosecuting low level users so to the feds have never done.

Filing suit against -- state to stop plans to grow and retail the drug or even cut off federal funding to the state.

I would feel those would be extreme.

And would be -- appropriate state senator Karen Fraser urges the president to respect the voters of Washington.

And who knows maybe.

We are the first of many states.

That are going to do this.

And you know a hundred years ago this is what happened with women's right to vote.

It was against thought the federal level for women to vote and then a few states boldly marched to -- Matt Barreto a political science professor U -- called this an interest in buying for the president saint.

My sense is they will look the other way but find a couple high profile people who are well beyond the bounds of our new law.

And Boston believe everyone else completely alone if that happens the target could be on -- -- -- But he thinks he's just the first and more private smoky rooms will soon pop up.

And more power to him if you can raise revenue for the state that would have felt about the -- -- --