As Illinois prepares to embark on a potentially culture-changing adventure with legal cannabis, the first state to legalize pot offers a snapshot of the way the world may appear a few years hence.
Colorado legalized medical marijuana 19 years ago, and recreational cannabis in January of 2014. Today, Denver has more marijuana stores than Chicago has McDonald’s restaurants.
Indeed, a section of Broadway in the Mile High City, known as “The Green Mile,” is believed to have the densest concentration of cannabis dispensaries anywhere in the world.]]
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