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Here's a fun topic for all of us to sit down and discuss. I can't believe we haven't had a discussion about this yet. But I have to say we'd get to have it sooner or later. I'm just surprised I'm the one bringing it up,lol. Pot became legal in Colorado. I was going over some of the laws on it. To get pot, you have to be 21 and over, and its okay as long as you go through the business owners that were okayed by the Department of Revenue. The only downside to it is that you're not allowed to smoke it in public and you can't leave the state with it.It may still be a federal crime. But there isn't alot of the feds can do about it now in the state of Colorado. That's pretty much all there is to it other than the fact Colorado has the 64th amendment stating that people have the right in their state to smoke it now. What puzzles me the most is why is it only okay for just Colorado? I mean, why not let the rest of the United States do it as well? Even president Obama is for smoking pot. President Obama made the comment " marijuana poses no greater risk than those of alcohol. We should not be locking up kids or individual users for long stretches of jail time when some of the folks who are writing those laws have probably done the same thing," However some politicians say that marijuana is addictive; it’s a gateway drug and marijuana related fatal car accidents have tripled since 1999. Smokers inhale about 65 percent of pesticides found in marijuana buds and much of the evidence on medical marijuana and epilepsy is anecdotal. I think if Colorado is the first state to start selling pot, than its only a matter of time before the other states follow. I honestly don't see how it hurst anyone. I don't see how its a narcotic. No one has ever over dosed on it. So I don't see what the fuss is all about. Thats just my opinion on the subject. Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/28/us/10-things-colorado-recreational-marijuana/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Amendment_64