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If you own a pot shop in Colorado, this could be a bit of a double-edged sword.<\/p>\n
Having legal sales in the nation\u2019s largest state makes it a much more difficult task for the federal government to intervene if it wished to do so in the future. That\u2019s a tangible development, since pot remains an illegal schedule 1 drug under federal law.<\/p>\n
It also opens the aforementioned mega-sized market to Colorado brands and products. Marijuana companies cannot franchise across state lines, but they can and do sell their brands and techniques through licensing agreements.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Californians wouldn\u2019t need to visit Colorado to experience legal weed\u2014potentially reducing the base of customers for (as well as competing directly with) Colorado\u2019s marijuana tourism industry.<\/p>\n
There are some reasons for Colorado\u2019s marijuana industry not to panic. Legal sales continue to grow despite legalized sales coming online in other states, signaling that there may be plenty of room left for market growth as the societal stigma around marijuana changes.<\/p>\n
And California residents who really wanted to partake already had access to medical marijuana for years.<\/p>\n
Which brings us to\u2026<\/p>\n
HOW CALI IS COPYING COLO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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Colorado led the way in pioneering marijuana laws and made plenty of adjustments along the way as regulators learned lessons about what works best.<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s no surprise that the left coast\u2019s cannabis market will look an awful lot like Colorado\u2019s.<\/p>\n
California is converting medical pot shops into recreational shops, letting local governments decide whether to allow marijuana sales, and has a tax structure that\u2019s at least somewhat similar to Colorado\u2019s.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re even starting out with rules that Colorado developed over the course of years, such as a requirement to label edible marijuana products with a \u201cTHC\u201d emblem.<\/p>\n
And just like in Colorado, marijuana users could risk their jobs by using the drug in their off-time.<\/p>\n
Employers are allowed to keep their existing drug policies.<\/p>\n
HOW THE LEFT COAST IS A LITTLE MORE LIBERAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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California is more liberal in one area that\u2019s been a subject of much debate in Colorado: public use.<\/p>\n
While California\u2019s laws generally make open consumption illegal, it does allow local governments the decision on whether marijuana consumption will be allowed inside cannabis shops.<\/p>\n
That sets up the possibility that parts of California will have Amsterdam-style hash bars, something that\u2019s illegal in Colorado.<\/p>\n
While Denver is experimenting with public-use establishments, they have to be \u201cB.Y.O.P.\u201d under Colorado state law.<\/p>\n
California will also open up sales with the option for temporary event permits, which means you might be able to buy marijuana at a 4\/20 rally there. You can\u2019t legally buy cannabis in Colorado anywhere except from a licensed shop.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 2017 KUSA-TV<\/p>\n
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