La situación en Colorado tres meses después de la legalización de la marihuana

Este artículo presenta las últimas novedades de la aplicación de la ley que regula el uso recreativo de la marihuana en Colorado. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

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Colorado's pot sales are booming. The state's Department of Revenue reports that marijuana retailers sold nearly $19 million in recreational weed in March, up from $14 million in February. The first three months of legal weed have netted about $7.3 million in taxes, not including medical marijuana sales taxes and licenses, which bring the number to $12.6 million.

Over the same time period, crime in Denver has slightly declined, making opponents who said it would result in more trafficking seem kind of silly. It's created a modest number of jobs ranging from 'budtending' and marijuana journalism to farm labor and ownership. And the state has even created a banking system that complies with the U.S. treasury system's guidelines, clearing up the last regulatory questions.

The Colorado legislature has already formed a plan to spend $33 million of the marijuana taxes on school nurses and public education on marijuana.

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