Colorado gets members-only clubs for legal pot use [View all]
Source: Associated Press
Colorado gets members-only clubs for legal pot use
By KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press | January 1, 2013 | Updated: January 1, 2013 1:58am
DENVER (AP) With reggae music pumping in the background and flashing disco-style lights, members of the recreational pot club lit up in celebration of the new year and a new place to smoke legally among friends.
Club 64, in an industrial area just north of downtown Denver, opened at 4:20 p.m. on Monday, with some 200 people signed up. The opening came less than 24 hours after organizers announced they would charge a $29.99 admission price for the bring-your-own pot club.
"Look at this!" Chloe Villano exclaimed as the club she created over the weekend opened. "We were so scared because we didn't want it to be crazy. But this is crazy! People want this."
The private pot dens popped up less than a month after Colorado's governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational pot use. Club 64 gets its name from the number of the amendment.
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