On Jan. 1, Colorado became the first state in the U.S. to allow the "retail sale" of marijuana" to adults 21 and older.
Stores sold more than $5 million worth of pot in the first week alone. In anticipation, the Denver Post even hired a marijuana editor to exclusively cover the now-legal market.
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But the American cannabis discussion is a long way from finished. The debate has an extensive — ahem, hazy — history in the country, dating all the way back to 1600s Virginia (#ColonialStyle).
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