Beginning Jan. 1, 2014, recreational marijuana sales will be legal in Colorado. Here is how it will work.
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Anyone over 21 can legally use cannabis. For those under 21, it is illegal, although minors can gain the benefits of medical marijuana with parental consent.
Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. People who already have medical marijuana cards will continue to abide by the same rules, except that the annual registration fee is reduced from $35 to $ 15. (The fee was originally $91 but was previously reduced in 2011.)
Starting on Jan. 1, licensed pot shops will be able to sell weed. Like liquor shops, the weed stores have hours mandated by the state, so no one will be buying weed before 8 a.m.
The state has issued licenses to 136 pot shops, which were all previously medical marijuana pharmacies that had to upgrade their security systems and complete other required measures to become recreational pot shops. Most of the approved locations are in Denver, but others were issued to stores in Alma, Edgewater, Fort Collins, Garden City, Northglenn, and Pueblo.
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