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Since today is 4/20, I thought this could be an interesting discussion. I'm seeing many articles about both today. Which of these two cities do you think is more of a "Pot tourism" destination? Better pot culture?
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That still remains to be seen since Denver already has a big head start and Seattle still hasn't started selling retail marijuana yet and doesn't plan to until early summer. Not sure if there would really ever be a distinction in what city has a "better pot culture". I do think Denver being the first has already given a name for itself in the pot tourism market, perhaps a brand if you will as being the original.
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That still remains to be seen since Denver has a big head start. Seattle still hasn't selling retail marijuana yet and doesn't plan to until early summer. Not sure if there would really ever be a distinction in what city has a "better pot culture". I do think Denver being the first has already given it a name for itself in the pot tourism market, perhaps a brand if you as being the original.
Really?? I could have sworn Seattle started selling retail marijuana before Denver. I must have misinterpreted what I heard on the news
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Really?? I could have sworn Seattle started selling retail marijuana before Denver. I must have misinterpreted what I heard on the news
Time will tell. Colorado does have a very heavy tax on it. Future states legalizing it could have an edge on having a lower tax rate. I think Denver and Seattle will have a short stint as being the exclusive destinations for pot tourism in the country. Seeing as the sky hasn't fallen in Colorado since legalizing it and that it is producing a healthy amount of tax revenue for the state I do think pot laws will start to fall like dominos state by state just like gay marriage and it likely could be legal nationwide before 2020. I'd imagine by the end of 2016 there could be 4 or 5 more states legalizing it, perhaps Oregon, California, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Alaska as strong contenders.
Time will tell. Colorado does have a very heavy tax on it. Future states legalizing it could have an edge on having a lower tax rate. I think Denver and Seattle will have a short stint as being the exclusive destinations for pot tourism in the country. Seeing as the sky hasn't fallen in Colorado since legalizing it and that it is producing a healthy amount of tax revenue for the state I do think pot laws will start to fall like dominos state by state just like gay marriage and it likely could be legal nationwide before 2020. I'd imagine by the end of 2016 there could be 4 or 5 more states legalizing it, perhaps Oregon, California, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Alaska as strong contenders.
I wouldn't doubt it. I just read an article talking about how Oregon and Alaska may legalize marijuana later on this year. The whole country will be on board soon enough!
Seattle already has the largest hemp fest in the world every year with several hundred thousand going to the three day event . It's been illegal in Washington state but it's been a unprossecuted crime for a decade in Seattle you could always smoke in public .
Same reason that it took Seattle so long to implement light rail.
Hah-interesting and sounds similar to slow Philly and PA politics. I guess it is good to think things over and debate, but it seems like a sure-fire thing at this point. You've got to give CO and WA credit though for being the pioneers.
Unfortunately PA may be one of the last states to legalize (although there are plenty of people working to change that), but Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey have a much better chance-wouldn't mind getting into the business when it legalizes in one of the three.
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I must have misinterpreted what I heard on the news 
