Gracen Hook began cultivating cannabis at the age of 18, and has been a vocal activist in Washington state marijuana policy ever since. After 4 years gaining experience in the industry, he felt he had developed enough knowledge to open a store front collective. After a successful year of business, he opened a second storefront in the neighboring town of Port Towsend, Washington. Gracen’s company was recently chosen in the retail cannabis lottery to be the sole retail store in Port Townsend. Port Townsend sees an average of 2 million tourist annually, and was recently voted as the best town in Washington state by King 5 News . He is also a guest instructor for the Cannabis Career Institute and is co-chairman of the coalition for cannabis standards and ethics I-502 committee.