Colorado’s Pot Shops Say They’ll Be Sold Out Any Day Now

Time ^ | January 04, 2014 | Brad Tuttle

[Ken H]

A few days into the experiment, the new world of legal recreational marijuana sales in Colorado appears to be a big success—so much so that pot shops are finding it impossible to keep up with demand.

According to the Denver Post, at least 37 stores in Colorado were licensed to sell recreational pot to anyone 21 or over as of New Year’s Day. The Associated Press and others reported long lines outside Denver pot shops, with some eager customers forced to wait three to five hours before getting a chance to go inside, step up to the counter, and make a purchase.

Prices have been steep—in some cases, stores were charging $50 or even $70 for one-eighth of an ounce of pot that cost medical marijuana users just $25 the day before—and taxes add on an extra 20% or so. Even so, sales have been brisk.

The two operational pot shops in Pueblo collectively sold $87,000 of marijuana on January 1, per the Pueblo Chieftain, and store owners say that if demand persists anywhere near the current high, they’ll be sold out in the very near future.

[zeestephen]

Not sure I agree with your numbers for non-Hispanic white voters in Colorado.

Colorado 2012.....

Obama: 51.5%

Romney: 46.1%

I can't find a specific exit poll for Colorado, but.....

Non-white voters (nationally) voted 80% for Obama.

In Colorado, about 25% of eligible voters are non-white.

I'll estimate that non-Hispanic white voters gave Romney a majority vote of at least 52%-48%.

[zeestephen]

I just found an exit poll.

Colorado non-Hispanic whites 2012.....

Romney: 54%

Obama: 44%

Link:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012-exit-poll/CO/President

[Fledermaus]

Don’t worry, they’ll come up with welfare programs for that too! lol

[Fledermaus]

Sorry, not too clear. I was referencing the black market of “dealers” helping people get their stuff over the border and not the licensed ones.