Colorado gets ready for Green Wednesday as legal marijuana goes on sale
WE'VE already had Black Friday and Cyber Monday but now the people of Colorado are getting ready to experience Green Wednesday.
WE'VE already had Black Friday and Cyber Monday but now the people of Colorado are getting ready to experience Green Wednesday.
The state is the first in the US to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use.
Marijuana retailers are planning celebrations and hiring additional security in preparation for large crowds of people keen to buy a legal bag of weed.
Some customers have camped out overnight in order to get their hands on a legal ounce (28.3g) of the drug, classified as a Class C substance in the UK.
Possession, cultivation and private personal consumption of marijuana by adults has been legal in Colorado for over a year but Green Wednesday is seen as an historic moment in the battle for full legalisation of cannabis.
Robin Hackett, a manager of licensed vendor Botana Care, told Sky News: "No one's ever done this before.
"We expect to have 2,000 joints ready to go by the time we open on January 1.
Workers for Botana Care have spent hours carefully rolling hundreds of marijuana cigarettes in preparation for the highly anticipated launch.
State authorities estimate the wholesale and retail sales of weed in Colorado will total £350m a year, which in turn will generate nearly £40m in taxes for the state.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk 01/01/2014
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