http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-threat-recreational-marijuana-industry-colorado/
Widespread availability is changing attitudes. Americans once opposed legal pot. But a poll this month showed 71 percent do not want the government enforcing federal laws against marijuana in states that have already legalized medical or recreational marijuana.
The issue is a tough one for Colorados Gov. John Hickenlooper who opposed the states constitutional amendment making recreational pot legal. But now that it is legal, he said he wouldnt allow state cops to join any federal crackdown.
If the Justice Department does aggressively begin to prosecute and try to enforce federal law in states like Colorado, where its in our constitution, I think that is a step backwards, Hickenlooper said.
As pot goes mainstream, its creating a lot of jobs as many as 22,000 in Colorado.
Instead of a cartel from somewhere else some other country, we are American grown, we are American sold, and we are American consumed, Nassau said.
For American jobs? Petersen asked.
For American jobs. What more can you ask for? Nassau said.
Pot is sold in containers meant to be childproof, and its not sold to anyone under 21. But those in the black market dont have those kinds of scruples. They will sell to anyone, and that includes kids.