Like many pot shops in California, the Urbn Leaf in San Diego bulked up its inventory before legal sales began on Jan. 1, stockpiling enough marijuana to last for months because no one knew what the era of legal pot would bring. In one way, the arrival of legal sales has been a story about borrowed time. "We don't want people going to the black market because they can't get product from the legal market." Operators are required to have state and local licenses to conduct business, but must get the local one first. For now, legal sales for adults appear to be robust in San Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Source: ABC News January 27, 2018 16:52 UTC