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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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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Ricardo Baca

      Denver Post

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    3 of 3
    Affordable College: The New American Dream
    1. 1:33Trains Filled with Refugees Are Halted in Hungary
    2. 8:34Affordable College: The New American Dream
    3. 42:38Legal Weed Is Everywhere, but There's Nowhere to Smoke ItYou’re reading this
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