Legal pot recommendations move to Colorado legislature

When Colorado voters legalized marijuana by passing Amendment 64 in November, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, who campaigned against the measure, famously warned supporters that they shouldn’t “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly” since marijuana remained illegal at the federal level.

That is still the case, but a special task force appointed by Hickenlooper to chart the best path for the legal marijuana retail market in Colorado wrapped up three months of often-contentious work Thursday while nibbling on those very snacks, provided courtesy of the governor’s office.

There is still much to be done, but Thursday was a milestone in Colorado’s history-making effort to forge a unique industry in American history — the legal sale of a recreational substance that is still strictly prohibited at the federal level.



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Time to move