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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDenver Gives out Recreational Pot Sales Licenses
Source: Associated Press
Denver Gives out Recreational Pot Sales Licenses
DENVER December 27, 2013 (AP)
By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press
The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never thought they'd see the day when they'd get a permit to sell pot.
Applause broke out and cameras whirred when the first license was issued from the city's Department of Excise and Licenses. The city awarded 14 licenses for retail shops, 17 licenses for pot growers and three licenses for makers of cannabis-infused products such as pot brownies.
One businessman joked about getting arrested for having a joint at a 1971 Black Sabbath concert. Others shared hugs and stories about marijuana's route to legalization.
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The licensed sellers went through a state and local licensing process that included public hearings to ask neighbors about shop locations. Owners also underwent more than a dozen fire and building inspections for each shop.
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DENVER December 27, 2013 (AP)
By KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press
The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never thought they'd see the day when they'd get a permit to sell pot.
Applause broke out and cameras whirred when the first license was issued from the city's Department of Excise and Licenses. The city awarded 14 licenses for retail shops, 17 licenses for pot growers and three licenses for makers of cannabis-infused products such as pot brownies.
One businessman joked about getting arrested for having a joint at a 1971 Black Sabbath concert. Others shared hugs and stories about marijuana's route to legalization.
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The licensed sellers went through a state and local licensing process that included public hearings to ask neighbors about shop locations. Owners also underwent more than a dozen fire and building inspections for each shop.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/denver-recreational-pot-sales-licenses-21347441
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Denver Gives out Recreational Pot Sales Licenses (Original Post)
Eugene
Dec 2013
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msongs
(67,421 posts)1. and where do they get what they are selling? nt
temporary311
(955 posts)2. The Pot Fairy
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)3. FedEx, just like the rest of us
Damn, just outed my connection
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)4. Currently, people who were licensed to grow medical marijuana.
All of the shops that got licenses were already open as dispensaries, I think.
People also are getting non-medical grow licenses, but it takes time to grow weed, so it's medical for now (not that it makes any difference; it's still the same weed.)
SomethingFishy
(4,876 posts)5. From licensed growers...
Yes there are licenses for growing too...
The problem is going to be that stores can't keep up with the demand.