Where to Buy Recreational Marijuana in Denver? Denver has always been at the heart of Colorado's movement to legalize marijuana. Pro marijuana supporters in the Mile High City have been pushing for the legal sale of marijuana to recreational users for years, so on the first day of 2014, when Colorado regulations permitted retail pot shops to open for business, the Denver dispensaries that were approved by the state to sell retail cannabis were more than ready to start offering recreational marijuana to anyone over the age of 21. Since then, recreational marijuana dispensaries in Denver have continued to open at a steady rate. So where should out-of-staters heading to Denver go to legally purchase recreational marijuana? Below you will find a map and a list of all Denver recreational marijuana dispensaries. Anyone over age 21 can shop at these Denver dispensaries. Map of Recreational Dispensaries in Denver Denver Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries List Co
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday the forgiveness and expungement of about 500,000 criminal cannabis cases. Pritzker said he issued pardons for 9,210 low-level cannabis convictions, while Illinois State Police have wiped clean more than 492,000 non-felony cannabis-related arrest records. The actions by Pritzker and state police is mandated by the Illinois law that legalized the licensed sale of marijuana starting in 2020. The intent of the law is to reduce the impact of the war on drugs on minorities, who were disproportionately arrested and locked up for cannabis crimes. “We will never be able to fully remedy the depth of that damage,” Pritzker said. “But we can govern with the courage to admit the mistakes of our past and the decency to set a better path forward.” The law requires 47,000 cannabis-related arrest records created between 2013 and 2019 be expunged by Friday. With the expungement of all 492,129 cannabis arrest records, state police officials said they