Colorado's Marijuana Sales Are Blazing Ahead, but That Exposes 3 Major Problems

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The legal marijuana industry is on pace to eclipse $1 billion in sales this year (perhaps in Colorado alone), but that doesn't mean it doesn't have major problems yet to overcome.

Call it the story of the decade if you like, but the marijuana movement appears to be an unstoppable force at the moment.

Marijuana blazes ahead
Roughly 20 years ago, the idea of marijuana being legalized on any level would have been laughable. There wasn't a state that allowed medical or recreational marijuana to be sold, and only one quarter of respondents in Gallup's mid-1990s survey maintained a favorable view of the illegal drug. Today, there are just shy of two-dozen states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes, and four states (Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Colorado) along with Washington, D.C., are experimenting with the legalization of recreational marijuana.

We've witnessed a major shift in how the American...

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