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babylonsister

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Sat Nov 23, 2013, 07:36 AM Nov 2013

First U.S. pot stores will open Jan. 1; Central City, Colo., gets first license

First U.S. pot stores will open Jan. 1; Central City, Colo., gets first license
Many medical dispensaries will switch to recreational sales
By Rob Hotakainen
McClatchy Washington Bureau
November 22, 2013


It won't happen in time for shoppers to fill their Christmas stockings, but it's sure to provide a little holiday buzz nevertheless: The nation's first retail marijuana stores --- more than 100 of them --- are expected to open in Colorado on Jan. 1.

So far, the star of the show is Annie’s, currently a medical marijuana outlet in Central City and the recipient of the first local recreational license on Thursday. That means Annie's will be allowed to expand its pot sales to all adults 21 and older, not just medical patients.

Pot backers noted that the Central City chief of police hand-delivered the license to Annie's, part of an eight-location local chain called Strainwise.

"This is a historic occasion, and at each milestone I am reminded of what we have achieved here," said Major Neill Franklin, a former police officer and current head of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of law enforcement officials opposed to the war on drugs.

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First U.S. pot stores will open Jan. 1; Central City, Colo., gets first license (Original Post) babylonsister Nov 2013 OP
k&r idwiyo Nov 2013 #1
Dude - Colorado Deamin cantbeserious Nov 2013 #2
f*ck incrementalism • full regulated legalisation FraDon Nov 2013 #3
Road trip... 4dsc Nov 2013 #4
oh yeah nt arely staircase Nov 2013 #5
 

4dsc

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4. Road trip...
Sat Nov 23, 2013, 10:14 AM
Nov 2013

I wonder how the various states that surround Colorado are going to react when thousands of pot tourist hit the roads in the coming months?

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