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First day of legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County

(1 of ) Jason Conte of Santa Rosa looks through the selection of flowers on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness in Cotati on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(2 of ) Brian Jordan of Novato, right, makes the first recreational marijuana purchase in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(3 of ) Brian Jordan of Novato and Laura Zink of Santa Rosa were the first two people to purchase legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(4 of ) Employees opened for business at 9 a.m. on the first day legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness in Cotati on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(5 of ) The first customers arrive on the first day legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(6 of ) Laura Zink of Santa Rosa, left, was the second person to purchase legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(7 of ) Customers lined up early on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(8 of ) Employees place stickers on products on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(9 of ) The selection of tin package cannabis flowers at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(10 of ) on the first day legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at Mercy Wellness of Cotati on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(11 of ) Customers lined up early on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(12 of ) Customers filled the showroom at Mercy Wellness of Cotati just after their 9 a.m. opening on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. (JOHN BURGESS/ PD)
(13 of ) Mercy Wellness of Cotati staff explain their cannabis products to new customers on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(14 of ) Mercy Wellness of Cotati staff place labels on cannabis products on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(15 of ) Judy Hess, left, and Donald Kinn try to decide on a strain of cannibis flower to purchase on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(16 of ) Customers line up to check-in on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(17 of ) Stormy Knight, left, and Marc Harris of Santa Rosa shop for cannabis products on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARc/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(18 of ) Customers shop for a variety of cannabis products on the first day legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(19 of ) Forest Galauski ties up a "2018" balloon on the first day legal recreational marijuana in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
(20 of ) Judy Hess looks at a wide variety of cannabis products on the first day legal recreational marijuana sales in Sonoma County at SPARC/Peace in Medicine in Sebastopol on Monday morning, January 1, 2018. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat)
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