A Brief Visit to Colorado's Brave New Cannabis World

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Is The Farm, with its earnest salespeople and eager shoppers, a vision of pot's future here?

Just 10 minutes before its 9 a.m. opening time, a dozen mellow shoppers have already lined up outside The Farm Saturday in Boulder, Colorado.

Curious, I join the line and ask about the commercial commotion.

A middle-class dude replied that The Farm was offering a 20-per-cent discount on cannabis products in honour of the late Prince that morning.

It was a "Purple Haze" sale, he said.

Others in line volunteered that the state's new marijuana stores were "awesome" and the marijuana trade thriving.

Why, even conservative entrepreneurs in Colorado Springs were offering courses on how to prosper with pot.

One eager shopper asked if Canada would legalize cannabis by July because he planned a summer vacation there.

"Doubt it," I replied. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to legalize marijuana, but legislation...

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