DOJ: Marijuana Stores Can Open in Colorado and Washington


After lengthy delay, Justice Department gives states go-ahead for legalization plans

By Steven Nelson


August 29, 2013

The Department of Justice announced Thursday it will not block recreational marijuana stores from opening next year in Colorado and Washington state. Voters in the two states elected to legalize the drug in November 2012, but marijuana advocates and state officials have anxiously awaited federal guidance ever since.


The Justice Department said in a release it will allow the stores to open, but that it expects state regulations to be "tough in practice, not just on paper, and include strong, state-based enforcement efforts, backed by adequate funding."

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