{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-572d6a42.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-f4d0de30.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Colorado plans to launch world\u0026#39;s 1st legal recreational marijuana market' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bfddd8eafeecae1465ef' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bfddd8eafeecae1465ef' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nColorado plans to launch world\u0026#39;s 1st legal recreational marijuana market\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eColorado and Washington state are launching the world's first legal recreational marijuana markets in 2014. Though pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, the two states are the first to regulate and allow...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eColorado and Washington state are launching the world's first legal recreational marijuana markets in 2014. \u003cbr/\u003eThough pot has been sold for three decades at coffee shops in the Netherlands, the two states are the first to regulate and allow a full industry.\u003cbr/\u003eRecreational marijuana for adults over 21 has been legal in Colorado for more than a year, but retail sales of the drug aren't allowed until 8 a.m. on 1st of January 2014.\u003cbr/\u003eWashington state, the only other state to allow recreational pot use by adults, plans to have stores open by late spring of next year.\u003cbr/\u003eDenver is one of 19 municipalities and seven counties in Colorado that will allow retail sales of recreational pot. \u003cbr/\u003eOnly existing medical marijuana businesses are now allowed to make the transition to recreational sales.\u003cbr/\u003eThe licensed shops were handed red posters on Friday and stacks of fliers instructing customers on marijuana limits, including the fact that users can't consume pot in public, drive under the influece, or take the drug out of the state.\u003cbr/\u003eColorado has approved 348 marijuana business licenses.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than a hundred of those are still pending in Denver, meaning the city is likely to have many more shops in the first few months of 2014.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It could be a combination of a Green Wednesday and a Black Friday,\" said a Denver councilman Charlie Brown referring to Wednesday, January 1st 2014 when the marijuana sale begins, and the biggest day of shopping in the USA, the Friday after Thanksgiving.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Hopefully the Black Friday behaviour is mellow,\" Brown said worried that the supply won't meet demand.\u003cbr/\u003eA lack of supply is worrying Andy Williams, the president of Medicine Man, one of the shops that will be selling marijuana over the counter. He fears that it may \"open the black market back up.\"\u003cbr/\u003eA gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary.\u003cbr/\u003eTwo floors of pot-growing rooms will have windows showing the shopping public how the plant is grown.\u003cbr/\u003eShoppers will be able to peruse drying marijuana buds and see pot trimmers at work separating the valuable flowers from the less-prized stems and leaves.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We want to be the Costco (supermarket) of marijuana,\" Williams, the 45-year-old ex-industrial engineer, explains, excitedly gesturing around what just a few weeks ago was an empty warehouse space that will eventually house 40,000 square feet (3,700 square meters) of cannabis strains.\u003cbr/\u003eHopeful retailers like Williams are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world - all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The genie is out of the bottle, I think it's going to be an exciting time over the next 24 to 48 months,\" said Tripp Keber, president of another marijuana seller - Dixie's Elixirs \u0026amp;amp; Edibles.\u003cbr/\u003eDixie Elixirs \u0026amp;amp; Edibles, maker of pot-infused foods and drinks, is making new labels for the recreational market and expanding production on everything from crispy rice treats to fruit lozenges.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's easy to see why the industry is attracting so many people. \u003cbr/\u003eA Colorado State University study estimates the state will ring up 606 million US Dollars in pot sales next year, and the market will grow from 105,000 medical pot users to 643,000 adult users overnight - and that's not counting tourists.\u003cbr/\u003eOfficials in Colorado and Washington, as well as activists, policymakers and governments from around the U.S. and across the world will not be the only ones watching the experiment unfold.\u003cbr/\u003eSo too will the U.S. Department of Justice, which for now is not fighting to shut down the industry.\u003cbr/\u003eThe question is - will it be a showcase for a safe, regulated pot industry that generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year and saves money by not locking up drug criminals, or one that will prove, once and for all, that the federal government has been right to ban pot since 1937?\u003cbr/\u003eCannabis was grown legally in the U.S. for centuries, even by George Washington.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter Prohibition's end in the 1930s, ending a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages, authorities turned their sights on pot. \u003cbr/\u003eOver the years, pot activists and state governments managed to chip away at the ban, their first big victory coming in 1996 when California allowed medical marijuana.\u003cbr/\u003eToday, 19 other states, including Colorado and Washington, and the District of Columbia have similar laws.\u003cbr/\u003eVoters in Colorado and Washington state approved recreational pot in 2012, sold in part on spending less to lock up drug criminals and the potential for new tax dollars to fund state programs.\u003cbr/\u003eColorado law allows adults 21 and older to buy pot at state-sanctioned pot retail stories, and state regulations forbid businesses from advertising in places where children are likely to see their pitches.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly existing medical dispensaries were allowed to apply for licenses, an effort to prevent another proliferation of pot shops.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly a few dozen shops statewide are expected to be open for recreational sales on New Year's Day.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the biggest questions is whether they have built an industry that will not only draw in tens of millions of dollars in revenue but also make a significant dent in the illegal market.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother is whether the regulatory system is up to the task of controlling a drug that's never been regulated.\u003cbr/\u003eThere are public health and law enforcement concerns, including whether wide availability of a drug with a generations-old stigma of ruining lives will lead to more underage drug use, more cases of driving while high and more crime.\u003cbr/\u003eFor now, all the focus is on 2014.\u003cbr/\u003eThis being Colorado, there will be more than a few joints lit up on New Year's Eve.\u003cbr/\u003ePot fans plan to don 1920s-era attire for a \"Prohibition Is Over!\" party.\u003cbr/\u003e5 December 2013 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of worker smiling and holding up marijuana plant\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of marijuana plant being trimmed \u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charlie Brown, councilman, Denver:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It could be a combination of a Green Wednesday (referring to January 1st 2014) and a Black Friday.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close of clerk handing customer change for marijuana products purchase\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charlie Brown, councilman, Denver: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Hopefully the Black Friday behaviour is mellow.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of Andy Williams, president of Medicine Man, among mother plants \u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of marijuana leaves and Williams' hands \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andy Williams, president, Medicine Man:\u003cbr/\u003e\"That's, you know, (a lack of supply) something that can open the black market back up. We don't want that to happen.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of regulators at news conference\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close of screen reading: (English) \"Marijuana Enforcement Division\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tripp Keber, president, Dixie's Elixirs \u0026amp;amp; Edibles: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The genie is out of the bottle, I think it's going to be an exciting time over the next 24 to 48 months.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of wrapper reading: (English) \"Colorado Bar, Sunflower Seed Butter Fudge Covered in Vanilla Chocolate and Dark Chocolate with a Natural Uptake Agent, 300mg THC\"  \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of writing on wrapper reading: \"300mg THC\" on \"Colorado Bar\" package \u003cbr/\u003e3 December 2013\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close of lab technician shaking lab container\u003cbr/\u003e15. Close of test tubes\u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid of marijuana testing lab\u003cbr/\u003e17. Pan of Medicine Man's growing facility\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of plans for marijuana growth expansion \u003cbr/\u003e19. Time lapse of construction of new marijuana grow facility in warehouse \u003cbr/\u003e5 December 2013 \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Andy Williams, president, Medicine Man: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We want to be the Costco (supermarket) of marijuana.\" \u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Denver - 10 December 2012\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of marijuana bud being trimmed with scissors\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of trimming room at Medicine Man\u003cbr/\u003e5 December 2013 \u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Charlie Brown, councilman, Denver: \u003cbr/\u003e\"Not only is the world watching but other states that are considering adopting similar rules are going to be watching too.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFILE: Denver - 6 December 2012\u003cbr/\u003e24. Close of marijuana cigarettes being filled\u003cbr/\u003e25. Close of marijuana cigarette maker\u003cbr/\u003e26. 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