The Countdown to Legal Cannabis Retail Sales Has Begun

The eyes and ears of the national and international media will be focused on Colorado on New Year’s Day as the nation’s first modern state-licensed retail cannabis dispensaries will be open for business.

Late last week, state and local regulators signed off on the first wave of licensed cannabis businesses, with hundreds more applicants awaiting final approval. (See the actual state-approved marijuana business license via today’s CNN video here.)

The Colorado NORML website has posted a clock counting down the hours and minutes until the nation’s first recreational cannabis sales become reality. They also provide a statewide list of licensed cannabis retailers, as well as a “consumers’ guide” to complying with Colorado state law here.

Like I told USA Today in its coverage today, “The genie’s out of the bottle and it’s simply not going back in.”

Article republished from NORML