{"id":9992,"date":"2023-12-31T19:08:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2023\/12\/31\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began\/136033\/"},"modified":"2023-12-31T19:08:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:08:06","slug":"a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began\/","title":{"rendered":"A timeline of what&#8217;s happened since Colorado&#8217;s first legal recreational marijuana sales began"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Coffee-Joint-couple-2-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/545307060-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began-1.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/CDxxPOTNEIGHBORHOODS_BL26502xx-560x373.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began-2.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TDP-L-CD01legal_JA18501-560x372.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began-3.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/a-timeline-of-whats-happened-since-colorados-first-legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-began-5.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-10 large-centered small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-website yarpp-template-yarpp-template-inarticle-right\">\n<aside class=\"article-related right\">\n<h3>Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s been 10 years since Colorado launched the first legal recreational marijuana market in the world and became a pioneer in drug reform.<\/p>\n<p>But when it came to the nascent industry, the first sales on Jan. 1, 2014, were more a starting block than a finish line.<\/p>\n<p>In the decade since legalization, Colorado has refined laws, catalyzed new ones and served as a litmus test for the rest of the country as states followed its lead. Today, cannabis is recreationally available for sale in 24 states \u2014 where more than half of Americans live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2023\/12\/31\/colorado-marijuana-legalization-sales-timeline\/\">Read the rest of this story on DenverPost.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Related Articles It\u2019s been 10 years since Colorado launched the first legal recreational marijuana market in the world and became a pioneer in drug reform. But when it came to the nascent industry, the first sales on Jan. 1, 2014, were more a starting block than a finish line. 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