Interesting WDR documentary about the cannabis boom in Colorado and the effects on economy and politics. By the way, thank you WDR for the constant background music with reggae ...
Marijuana tourists have been populating the capital Denver for a year, and everything from joints to hash cookies is available in countless dispensaries. But above all: Politicians no longer want to be without the windfall with which producers, traders and established financial industries flood the city and the state.
And cannabis producers continue to arm. One of them is the major dealer Toni Fox, 43 years old, head of the company "Denver's Discreet Dispensary". Already in the first month after the legalization, she turned over almost 300.000 dollars, after three months she increased the workforce from six to thirty people - a little irony of fate given the family history of Toni Fox: Her younger brother was in prison for 10 years because he when small dealers got caught. But the first distribution battles have long been raging in Colorado. Large corporations are pushing prices down to undercut their competitors.