Naked ambition: Mayor's wife opens cannabis shop next to her strip club

A new legal cannabis shop in the US state of Colorado is receiving potshots for its proximity to a strip club and ties with the mayor. 

The Smokin' Gun Apothecary opened in the space previously occupied by the popular strip club Shotgun Willie’s, which is now across the parking lot.

Both businesses are owned by the wife of the mayor, who apparently thinks there's a crossover audience.

Deborah Dunafon wants to offer tokers discounted drinks at the strip club by selling mugs.

She also thinks the stoners will bring a chiller vibe to her not-so-gentlemanly club.

“It’s a wild, rowdy place, and if you smoke a bowl, you’re not exactly rowdy,” she said.

In Colorado, local governments can decide whether they want to allow private pot clubs, but selling both weed and alcohol in the same place is banned.

There is no regulation for mixing marijuana and pleasure, but...

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