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http://gazette.com/retail-licensing-for-recreational-pot-begins-tuesday/article/1506930

Retail licensing for recreational pot begins Tuesday

DENVER - The first applications for retail marijuana stores will begin rolling into the state Tuesday, along with thousands of dollars in fees.

No one is sure how many applications to expect as Colorado takes the next step toward a free market for pot - a federally banned drug - but those close to the fledgling market estimate hundreds will come into the state in the first months.

"It's exciting to see this process working at the state level, especially in the city of Denver," said Mike Elliott, executive director of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group. "We're going to see regulated, secure businesses take the place of the black market. It's going to be businesses and city and state governments that will finally be getting control and profiting from the sale of marijuana."

Possessing and growing limited amounts of recreational marijuana has been legal in Colorado since voters approved Amendment 64 last November. Adults 21 years or older can possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana and can grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use.

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