Surprisingly enough, my enthusiasm on the morning I
visited Rocky Mountain Remedies – I found the only place you can buy recreational marijuana in Steamboat with my iPhone app, “Weed Maps” – was entirely outmatched by my godfather, a baby boomer and former pot smoker. We arrived at the pot shop to find a line of 30 to 40 people from all corners of the Midwest. A guy from Wyoming who was featured in the local paper’s cover story literally started crying when he purchased his first bag of legal marijuana. My 70-year-old godfather displayed his zeal when two local newspaper dopes video interviewed him. He finished his pro-legalization diatribe with “It’s about damn time.” I wasn’t even stoned, but laughing at the hilarity of the situation made my side hurt. We waited in line for an hour and never once cursed the Colorado cold. Te line, which eventually grew to nearly 100, consisted of people from all walks of life. Local construction workers and vacationing baby boomers eagerly shared their “one time when I was high” stories. By the time we got to the entrance, the scent of fresh cannabis was wafting from the shop and into our nostrils. I
Here’s what you need to know about the laws in Colorado.
Marijuana will be one of the most heavily taxed products in Colorado, to the tune of a 25 percent state tax in addition to the usual sales tax of 2.9 percent, plus local sales taxes. These extra levies apply only to recreational stuff – if a doctor prescribes medical marijuana, it doesn’t count.
Visitors from outside of the state of Colorado (that means us) can purchase one quarter ounce at a time in a licensed store. Purchasers, who must be at least 21 years of age, can share with others, as long as no money changes hands.
Smoking pot in public is still illegal, even inside the pot shop. So when you do light up, make sure you do so at home or at a friend’s house.
If you are thinking of driving around Colorado after a toke, think again: A motorist can be ticketed for impaired driving if his or her blood shows more than five nanograms of active THC.
-Sourced from
CNN.com.
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