Seattle Area: Todd Spaits

Todd Spaits: And Spaits, who has already applied for a licence to open a retail store in the Seattle area once the state implements its legalization scheme, hopes Canadians will be among his customers. , according to Times Colonist. "There's going to be a significant chunk of business in that." VANCOUVER Todd Spaits believes his home state of Washington could one day be the Amsterdam of the United States, with everyone from die-hard pot heads to the curious but uninitiated visiting for the novelty of legally buying and smoking marijuana. "It's going to be similar to an Amsterdam trip: you're just going to go into a shop and look around, and if you do enjoy smoking, you're going to buy something, just to be part of that movement," says Spaits, 39, a self-described "serial entrepreneur" who doesn't smoke pot himself. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.