Pot smoker’s are welcome at Washington sports bar

Frank Schnarr has upset state officials by allowing patrons to smoke marijuana in his bar. Even though Washington state last year passed a law allowing marijuana smoking, the law forbids public use. Schnarr has flouted the law, making enemies and friends. (John Glionna / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 20, 2013 12 AM PT

Frankie’s Sports Bar & Grill might just be a pot smoker’s paradise: Where friends pass pipes and play pool, food and beer is always available, and the cops can’t touch it.

Cassie Hickam smokes marijuana as Jason Southwick sits nearby at Frankie’s Sports Bar and Grill. “I’m home,” Southwick said. “It’s like I’m back in my basement ... Except I’m out in public. Who ever thought we’d see this day?” (John Glionna / Los Angeles Times)

A T-shirt is displayed at the first day of Hempfest in Seattle this month. Thousands packed the city’s waterfront park for the opening of a three-day marijuana festival that was part party, part protest and part victory celebration after the legalization of pot in Washington and Colorado last fall. (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

Dustin, left, and Paul of Tacoma, Wash., both of whom declined to give their last names, share a water pipe beneath the Seattle Space Needle the day a law legalizing the recreational use of marijuana took effect on Dec. 6, 2012. (Stephen Brashear / Getty Images)

C. Nash smokes pot the night that possession of marijuana became legal in Washington state. Several hundred people gathered at the Seattle Space Needle to smoke and celebrate the occasion, even though the new law does prohibit public use of marijuana. (Ted S. Warren / Associated Press)

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