Pueblo County to Pot Stores: 'Sell More Weed'
The first county in Colorado to report marijuana sales and taxes paid in January is urging the stores to "sell more weed" to pay for a new judicial building.
The first county in Colorado to report marijuana sales and taxes paid in January is urging the stores to "sell more weed" to pay for a new judicial building.
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Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has a unique suggestion for how marijuana could help his state's infrastructure. "Pot for potholes," he says with tongue in cheek.
Quick to respond to Colorado becoming the first state to implement legal marijuana sales, CNBC dispatched veteran newsman Harry Smith to the Centennial State for an hour-long look at the new booming pot economy.
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Former beer magnate and current Gov. John Hickenlooper thinks marijuana is "not a healthy thing" and says, "I hate Colorado having to be the experiment."
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