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Marijuana on Store Shelves Creates Colorado Cargo-Hauling Niche

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 04/06/2015 - 08:00

At a farm in the foothills of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, Corey Young tucks his client’s marijuana into a shoe box-sized container in an unmarked white van and heads out on the road.

“We don’t want to be going through a small town and have someone see bins in the back,” said Young, a founder of courier service CannaRabbit LLC. “We do not want to stick out at all.”

Young wants to stay hidden not because pot is against the law. Colorado began legal sales of recreational marijuana last year. The secrecy is deigned to ensure the safety of drivers shuttling cargo that retails for as much as $220 an ounce. CannaRabbit and peers are rushing in as regional truckers and nationwide haulers United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. steer clear on concerns over the lack of nationwide clearance of a practice that is still illegal in most states.

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