Colorado Sells Approx $1 Million of Pot on First Day of Legalization

[NickNitro]

DENVER - Pot shops did record sales compared to the "medical marijuana days" on Wednesday when recreational marijuana opened. Pot shop owners across Colorado believe they collectively made more than $1 million statewide.

Supporters, critics and other states are waiting to see what will happen in Colorado on day two and beyond. In Perth, Australia, headlines say "Move Over Amsterdam."

Long lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation's first legal recreational pot shops Wednesday.

It was hard to tell from talking to the shoppers, however, that they had waited hours in snow and frigid wind.

"It's a huge deal for me," said Andre Barr, a 34-year-old deliveryman who drove from Niles, Mich., to be part of the legal weed experiment. "This wait is nothing."

http://www.9news.com/news/article/371498/339/Pot-sales-exceed-1-million-on-first-day

 

[charl_huntress]

Good for them. I fully support states that legalize the green stuff.

 

[NickNitro]

$$$$ is all it takes for other states to legalize it. How many states are hurting financially these days? How many jobs would this produce. From the men in construction building the facilities, all the way down to the cashier at the shops.

I smoked briefly in college, but I fully understand the health and financial benefits it could give this nation.

 

[Pink Ranger]

Imagine how it would benefit certain US states where they have point-of-sale taxes, and Canada too for that matter. Legalize it, fools!

 

[kane9321]

wow

 

[The Question]

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[Soapy]

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[NickNitro]

Someone post Its Raining Men...because they're stoned in Colorado..........please you'll make my day.

 

[cherokeesam]

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It's 420 somewhere.

 

[Feenix]

I'd prefer a pothead to an alcoholic. Less violent.

 

[NickNitro]

More like....

 

[chaseter]

I fully support the legalization of marijuana but if you waited in line for hours outside in the cold and then paid outrageously overtaxed prices for weed...you are pathetic. If this made you really excited and you took the day off of work to smoke weed all day...you are pathetic.

 

[chaseter]

Long lines and blustery winter weather greeted Colorado marijuana shoppers testing the nation's first legal recreational pot shops Wednesday.

It was hard to tell from talking to the shoppers, however, that they had waited hours in snow and frigid wind.

"It's a huge deal for me," said Andre Barr, a 34-year-old deliveryman who drove from Niles, Mich., to be part of the legal weed experiment. "This wait is nothing."

hahahahaha what fulfilling lives they lead.

 

[NickNitro]

I fully support the legalization of marijuana but if you waited in line for hours outside in the cold and then paid outrageously overtaxed prices for weed...you are pathetic. If this made you really excited and you took the day off of work to smoke weed all day...you are pathetic.

What isn't pathetic then? Taking off work to wait in lines for the next Apple product? Or maybe the next World of Warcraft game?

This was a celebration of a lifelong movement for some. Let them celebrate how they see fit without your judgement.

 

[Senator Pleasury]

I fully support the legalization of marijuana but if you waited in line for hours outside in the cold and then paid outrageously overtaxed prices for weed...you are pathetic. If this made you really excited and you took the day off of work to smoke weed all day...you are pathetic.

Sounds like what fans of any band would do.

 

[chaseter]

What isn't pathetic then?

Waiting one day and not waiting in a line for hours outside in the cold? Not traveling for hundreds of miles and paying money to travel so that you could legally smoke weed in a state in which you do not live when you can just buy from a dealer that lives 2 blocks from you?

 

[chaseter]

This was a celebration of a lifelong movement for some. Let them celebrate how they see fit without your judgement.

Legalizing weed is a lifelong movement for some? Lol. They are the Rosa Parks of weed!!!

 

[NickNitro]

Is this really news to you? Then you clearly miss the big picture chaseter.

 

[chaseter]

Then you clearly miss the big picture chaseter.

There are two sides to this coin. There is the side that sees this as a great way to increase revenue, decrease crime/violence, and allow people to participate recreationally in something that causes less damage to the body than legal avenues. Then there is the side that gets excited that they can go buy a **** load of weed without the cops hassling them and sit at home all day and get baked. One of those people isn't a loser. That's the same thing as a wine connoisseur vs. an alcoholic.

I would guess the people that waited outside all day or paid hundreds or thousands of dollars to travel to CO are the latter. It was hilarious watching the news last night.

 

[NickNitro]

But then you proceed to paint them all equally as "pathetic" because they celebrated the first day their state legalized the substance?

 

[chaseter]

Legalizing weed isn't the same thing as legalizing gay marriage or race equality. If legalizing weed is your life's work then well.........congrats? You have accomplished your goal that will be written in the history books.

Again, all for legalization...but the people getting overly excited about this are sad to me. Congrats on being able to get baked at home and in public legally.

 

[NickNitro]

Some interesting stuff.

Why Legalizing Marijuana Is a Smart Fiscal Move

http://news.yahoo.com/why-legalizing-marijuana-smart-fiscal-101500628.html

What you need to know to navigate pot sales in Colorad

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/31/colorado-recreational-marijuana/4261981/

'WEED' Documentary Dr Sanjay Gupta

CNN's Dr Sanjay Gupta's Documentary On Weed. How Dr Sanjay Gupta Changed On His View On Medical Marijuana

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[moviedoors]

But then you proceed to paint them all equally as "pathetic" because they celebrated the first day their state legalized the substance?

Just don't bother. He generally thinks everyone is pathetic.

 

[NickNitro]

Legalizing weed isn't the same thing as legalizing gay marriage or race equality. If legalizing weed is your life's work then well.........congrats? You have accomplished your goal that will be written in the history books.

Again, all for legalization...but the people getting overly excited about this are sad to me. Congrats on being able to get baked at home and in public legally.

You can't smoke in public legally, or drive under the influence.

I just feel like you're greatly generalizing this situation and for some reason seem bitter. $1 million in revenue for the State of Colorado in one day. I'm sure the state doesn't show the same sentiments as you.

How about congratulating the state for its movement to lift a ban on a substance less lethal than alcohol or tobacco.

 

[Soapy]

hahahahaha what fulfilling lives they lead.

hahahahalolhahaha i kno rite?

I'm sure their time would be much better spent criticizing people on the internet.