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A medical cannabis dispensary in Denver, Colorado.. A cannabis retail outlet (also known as cannabis shop, cannabis dispensary, cannabis store, cannabis cooperative) is a location at which cannabis is sold or otherwise dispensed, either for recreational or for medical use.
[104] [105] In Colorado, in June 2020, monthly marijuana sales reached $199 million. [106] In 2020, state and local governments earned over $3 billion in tax revenue from cannabis taxes. [ 107 ] Although some cannabis proponents caution that overtaxation and overregulation of cannabis can result in political corruption, bribery, and an even ...
As of April 20, 2010 Denver has two hundred fifty medical marijuana dispensaries in operation and Boulder had one hundred. More than sixty thousand patients held red cards with a six-month waiting list to be added to the growing registry. [4] Experts estimated there may be as many as 100,000 patients in the system. [4]
In Colorado, cannabis has been legal for medical use since 2000 and for recreational use since late 2012. On November 7, 2000, 54% of Colorado voters approved Amendment 20, which amended the State Constitution to allow the use of marijuana in the state for approved patients with written medical consent.
Colorado Springs is the county seat of El Paso county, the second most populous county in the state. A tiny majority of El Paso county voters approved the statewide Amendment 64 with an original margin of only 10 votes. [50] In Colorado Springs the measure won by just 2% favored by only 5,000 out of more than 200,000 ballots cast. [51]
Cannabis Station, a medical cannabis dispensary in Denver, Colorado Cannabis flower stored in jars at a dispensary in Colorado. Cannabis dispensaries in the United States or marijuana dispensaries are a type of cannabis retail outlet, local government-regulated physical location, typically inside a retail storefront or office building, in which a person can purchase cannabis and cannabis ...
A long line of people wait in line for the 10:00 a.m. opening of the Great Smokies Cannabis Company dispensary in Cherokee, NC on Saturday, September 7, 2024.
In 2000, medical cannabis initiatives were passed in the states of Colorado and Nevada, with Nevada's initiative passing for a second consecutive election as required to amend the state's constitution. [77] Also in 2000, Hawaii became the first state to legalize medical cannabis through an act of state legislature. [16]