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Legal Weed Is Everywhere, but There's Nowhere to Smoke It

Wanna toke in Denver? You better have a place to do it. Pot smokers living in one of the 23 states and the District of Columbia, where recreational or medical marijuana is legal, will tell you just how ironic this is. Marijuana is legal but smoking in public is not.

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By Warren Olney • Sep 3, 2015 • 9m Listen

Wanna toke in Denver? You better have a place to do it. Pot smokers living in one of the 23 states and the District of Columbia, where recreational or medical marijuana is legal, will tell you just how ironic this is. Marijuana is legal but smoking in public is not. With pot tourists lighting up in alleys and bathrooms in public parks the city is starting to consider whether pot should be allowed in venues like bars and clubs.

Cannabis Culture

Now advocates in Denver, traditionally at the forefront of the legal pot movement, are trying to get marijuana a toe in the door of a few 21-and-over public venues. But even that is contentious, as we hear from Ricardo Baca, the marijuana editor at the Denver Post, where he writes The Cannabist blog.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Sarah Sweeney

    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    Director of Content, News

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    Ricardo Baca

    Denver Post

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