Legalising medical marijuana in Australia could follow Denver model

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THE only thing higher than the population in Denver is the rent.

House prices and rentals are skyrocketing in the mile high city and it’s all thanks to a law that made it possible for businesses to grow and sell marijuana and for residents to smoke as much as they like, wherever they like.

Five years after the US state of Colorado made pot legal, its biggest city is thriving. Thousands are moving from major cities for the lifestyle, buying up properties and buying pot.

Once unoccupied, derelict industrial buildings are filled to the brim with cannabis plants. Crime rates are down, tax revenue has ballooned and tourism is bigger than ever.

In 2014, sales of marijuana eclipsed $700 million in Denver. The fear of an addicted, lazy population that some predicted before 2009 does not exist now.

Half way around the world in Australia, the government...

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