Debut of Colorado pot shops
Colorado on Wednesday became the first place in the world — we repeat, in the world — where it will be fully legal to sell marijuana to anyone over 21 in licensed retail outlets.
Given the unprecedented novelty of the event, we expect to see a festive atmosphere around pot shops Wednesday, but we would hope that over time — if the state and local jurisdictions regulate cultivation and sales as envisioned — the marijuana business should fade into the background and become only marginally more controversial than the sale of liquor.