Marijuana smokers in Colorado today hailed the arrival of the nation’s first recreational pot industry.
Retail sales were not to begin until 8am (3pm Irish time) but marijuana fans did not wait to celebrate the industry.
“Honestly, I thought I’d never see the day,” said Errin Reaume of Denver, who shared hits of concentrated marijuana at a 1920s-themed “Prohibition Is Over” party in downtown Denver.
Across town, a dispensary was setting up a food truck and coffee service for campers awaiting the opening of sales on so-called Green Wednesday. Temperatures were about 2 – 4 degrees Celsius – balmy for a January night in Colorado – and revellers ditched jackets and sweaters as they alternated between horn blowers and joints and bongs.
Pot activists hope the marijuana experiment will prove that legalszation is a better alternative than the costly US-led drug war. Sceptics worry the industry will make the drug more widely available to teenagers, even though legal sales are limited to adults over 21.
Source: Irish Examiner, 01/01/2014
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