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Judi Lynn

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Tue Jan 1, 2013, 04:16 AM Jan 2013

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.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Colorado-gets-members-only-clubs-for-legal-pot-use-4159114.php

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A pot disco! I wanna go! n/t bitchkitty Jan 2013 #1
It's a fun concept DiverDave Jan 2013 #2
'Corry said... Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #3
I believe I have seen many a meal cost in excess of this fee. juajen Jan 2013 #4
It is much more like going to a bar then a party... Ohio Joe Jan 2013 #5
Even better would be to have a munchie menu. nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #9
Thirty bucks isn't gouging. JoeyT Jan 2013 #6
I guess all the designated drivers have to sit outside Fumesucker Jan 2013 #7
Will make it easier... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #8
Nope... Feds will never go after the "smoker" Too low of fruit and that is the type of activity neoconn Jan 2013 #10
Tell that to California. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #11
The feds have pretty much left medical marijuana patients alone in California. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #12
for now... MindPilot Jan 2013 #13
Paranoia will destroy ya. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #17
hmmm, a lot of what used to be "paranoia" is now a legitimate concern MindPilot Jan 2013 #21
Well I am in Cali neoconn Jan 2013 #23
Now that legalization has taken hold - it's time to support the flip side issues: Trajan Jan 2013 #14
Concerns about stoned drivers nebenaube Jan 2013 #15
I agree with you! MindPilot Jan 2013 #22
Would be awesome if they all had to wear Members Only jackets.. bamacrat Jan 2013 #16
Could they be made out of hemp? :-p Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #18
Mandatory... bamacrat Jan 2013 #19
Imagine how many trees could be preserved by switching to the much more effective hemp crops. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #20
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