LOS ANGELES - Denver has become the first city in the United States to legalize the social use of cannabis in businesses, including bars, yoga studios and art galleries. "This is absolutely historic and ground-breaking," said Emmett Reistroffer, a key proponent of the measure and a cannabis consultant in Denver. "It will also allow the public consumption of slow-acting marijuana edibles and highly potent marijuana concentrates," she added. She also noted that the initiative had received less backing from voters than the bill legalizing recreational marijuana use in 2012. "But right now Denver is struggling with a public consumption problem -- some who want to consume have no place to go, legally," the editorial said.

Source: Bangkok Post November 16, 2016 03:48 UTC