Posted on 12/28/2013 3:04:45 PM PST by Wolfie
First state-licensed marijuana retailers to open January 1 in Colorado
The world's first state-licensed marijuana retailers, catering to Colorado's newly legal recreational market for pot, are stocking their shelves ahead of a New Year's grand opening that supporters and detractors alike see as a turning point in America's drug culture.
Possession, cultivation and private personal consumption of marijuana by adults for the sake of just getting high has already been legal in Colorado for more than year under a state constitutional amendment approved by voters.
But starting January 1, cannabis will be legally sold and taxed at specially regulated retailers in a system modeled after a regime many states have in place for alcohol sales - but which exists for marijuana nowhere outside of Colorado.
For the novelty factor alone, operators of the first eight marijuana retailers slated to open on Wednesday morning in Denver and a handful of establishments in other locations are anticipating a surge in demand for store-bought weed.
"It will be like people waiting in line for tickets to a Pink Floyd concert," said Justin Jones, 39, owner of Dank Colorado in Denver who has run a medical marijuana shop for four years and now has a recreational pot license.
Jones said he is confident he has enough marijuana on hand for Day One but less sure of inventory levels needed after that.
About 90 percent of his merchandise is in smokable form, packaged in small child-proof containers. The rest is a mixture of cannabis-infused edibles, such as cookies, candy and carbonated drinks.
"People seem to prefer smoking," he said.
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“I’m not clear on how a state can override a federal law, when there is already a federal law on the subject. Hopefully someone can educate all of us.”
10th Amendment.
“You’re working a job that requires you to submit to random drug tests. If you smoke the weed in Colorado and test positive for a legal substance (weed) is your job at risk in Colorado?”
Yes. A court challenge will no doubt happen and clear that up. We already have a law that says an employer cannot fire someone for activities outside of the workplace.
“I’m not clear where the Constitution gives the Federal government the power to regulate recreational drugs. Didn’t we have to amend the Constitution to give Washington the power to outlaw alcohol?”
Excellent point.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
...and as of Jan 1, 2014, 60 and 40 watt incandescent light bulbs.
I cant flush my toilet with too much water or not have health insurance that meets the governments “standards” under fear of penalty and/or incarceration, but in Colorado I CAN GET HIGH! HIGH! HIGH!
We live in BIZZARO LAND !!!
I cant flush my toilet with too much water or not have health insurance that meets the governments “standards” under fear of penalty and/or incarceration, but in Colorado I CAN GET HIGH! HIGH! HIGH!
So which of the above comport with the Tenth Amendment, and which do not?
It depends on with which on you get caught crossing the state line.
A trunk load of either will land you in federal court.
The light bulbs would be legal also if they were manufactured and sold exclusively within the state. Constitutionally, the feds wouldnt have a leg to stand on.
Not that that has ever stopped them before.
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