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Cebu_4_2
24th December 2013, 04:01 PM
A money laundering license for the local government...

America’s first recreational pot licenses issued in Colorado

Published time: December 24, 2013 17:54 Get short URL (http://rt.com/usa/first-recreational-pot-licenses-colorado-743/)

http://cdn.rt.com/files/news/21/a0/f0/00/000_gyi0060221006.si.jpg (FILES) Young men smoke a marijuana cigarette during a "smoke out" with thousands of others at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. (AFP Photo / Chris Hondros)

Colorado made history on Monday, becoming the first state in the US to issue hundreds of licenses for recreational marijuana businesses.

Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division approved 348 licenses: 136 to pot shops, 31 to marijuana-infused products companies, 178 to growing facilities, and three to marijuana-testing laboratories. All businesses had to apply by the end of October in order to receive their licenses by New Year’s Eve and begin operating on January 1. As RT reported (http://rt.com/usa/marijuana-legalization-laws-challenge-holder-180/) earlier, Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize the recreational use of marijuana after voters approved the measures in referendums.

"Colorado will be the first state to have a legal marijuana market for adults," Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project and one of the leaders of Colorado’s legalization push, told the Denver Post. "We expect it to set an example for other states."
Marijuana in Colorado will be given a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax. Authorities expect these taxes to add roughly $70 million to the state budget. The first $40 million has already been set aside for school projects.

"We are grateful voters approved funding that will allow for a strong regulatory environment, just like liquor is regulated," Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) told Reuters after voters approved the regulations suggested by state authorities. The governor originally opposed legalizing marijuana, but has come out in support of the tax proposal.

"We will do everything in our power to make sure kids don't smoke pot and that we don't have people driving who are high. This ballot measure gives Colorado the ability to regulate marijuana properly,” he added in a statement.

Although 348 licenses were issued, not all of the businesses will begin operations on January 1. In addition to state approval, marijuana-related facilities must also obtain permission from local jurisdictions. According to the Denver Post, only eight stores in the state's capital are ready to open their doors to customers on the first day of 2014. Ninety-four others which have been approved by the state are still in the process of clearing hurdles in the local licensing process. In Denver, for example, marijuana-related businesses must go through a public hearing and five city inspections in order to obtain a city license

AndreaGail
24th December 2013, 04:18 PM
What I found the most interesting is that 101 out of the 136 licenses for recreational stores are in Denver alone :o

Cebu_4_2
24th December 2013, 04:55 PM
What I found the most interesting is that 101 out of the 136 licenses for recreational stores are in Denver alone :o

Monsanto has a big part of the game if that tells you anything. Think about drinking and driving and the fines, now you have THC in your system being able to be detected for most of a month. Quite a moneymaker, prison filler, abuser for rehab, etc. It's really sick not a blessing.

Serpo
25th December 2013, 03:19 AM
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Glass
9th January 2014, 10:23 PM
Keiser interview with someone on Colorado. Should start at the begining of the interview.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bB5ZfKpg0&t=12m51s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0bB5ZfKpg0&t=12m51s

I think you need to click the link for the start time thing to work or go to ~ min 13

iOWNme
10th January 2014, 10:08 AM
- Marijuana in Colorado will be given a 15 percent excise tax and a 10 percent sales tax.

- "We are grateful voters approved funding that will allow for a strong regulatory environment, just like liquor is regulated,"

- The governor originally opposed legalizing marijuana, but has come out in support of the tax proposal.

- "We will do everything in our power to make sure kids don't smoke pot and that we don't have people driving who are high. This ballot measure gives Colorado the ability to regulate marijuana properly,”


Ah the sound of INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM never sounded so STATIST.

The Governor doesnt even want people to be free, he wants to STEAL THEIR MONEY. GACK.

They want to 'regulate' cannabis PROPERLY. Which basically measn that individuals are incapable of regulating themselves without the blessing and oversight of the Communist STATE.

Notice how it says "this ballot gives Colorado the ability to regulate marijuana properly." NO ITS DOESNT. Can I as an individual 'regulate' another mans vices? No i cant. So how did ANYONE in Colorado give to their 'representatives' something that they do not have as an individual? I'll tell you how.......THEY FUCKING MADE IT UP and by using psuedo religious ceremonies and magic ink, they have convinced the people that this is perfectly legitimate.

The entire belief in 'Government' is a contradiction soup of dry water and square chicken eggs.

EE_
10th January 2014, 10:14 AM
Ah the sound of INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM never sounded so STATIST.

The Governor doesnt even want people to be free, he wants to STEAL THEIR MONEY. GACK.

They want to 'regulate' cannabis PROPERLY. Which basically measn that individuals are incapable of regulating themselves without the blessing and oversight of the Communist STATE.

Notice how it says "this ballot gives Colorado the ability to regulate marijuana properly." NO ITS DOESNT. Can I as an individual 'regulate' another mans vices? No i cant. So how did ANYONE in Colorado give to their 'representatives' something that they do not have as an individual? I'll tell you how.......THEY FUCKING MADE IT UP and by using psuedo religious ceremonies and magic ink, they have convinced the people that this is perfectly legitimate.

The entire belief in 'Government' is a contradiction soup of dry water and square chicken eggs.

Come on man, stop raining on their parade...these saps think they won their freedom. lol

madfranks
10th January 2014, 10:17 AM
Paying exorbitant taxes and fees is better than being kidnapped and put in a cage. It's not perfect, but it's better.

EE_
10th January 2014, 10:29 AM
Paying exorbitant taxes and fees is better than being kidnapped and put in a cage. It's not perfect, but it's better.

Can we at least wait for all the new regulations to kick in before we declare victory?
You're as bad as those bitcoin guys...oh, wait...

old steel
10th January 2014, 03:58 PM
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Man i wish i was there now, high up in the mountains in summertime instead of high here in my house in the wintertime.

High when high up in the mountains is good too.

Neuro
11th January 2014, 05:43 AM
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Nice buds. Amazing how tall it grows in Colorado...

mick silver
13th January 2014, 02:17 PM
check out all that white dust on them budshttps://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTzV03WAcUVaOMpKwW6cOMkiEtO3LAxc 3-MaopsE0NTxVXcz0Krhttp://www.theweedstreetjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Purple_Marijuana_Bud.jpghttps://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRdRl4MkxqtUyVMyPVcb6DCN_iA4GaHW eB16tDT9FfHavJ_TLyrdQ