Today is “Green Wednesday”, Pot Sales Now Legal in Colorado [Video] [Picture]

Today is Wednesday, January 1st 2014. Marijuana sales are now legal in the state of Colorado. Dubbing this day "Green Wednesday". Smoking pot has been legal in the state for the last year, but this marks a historic milestone of the nation’s first legal pot industry. Many pot stores around the state were celebrating with giveaways and had lines of people forming overnight outside of their shops.

The New York Times summarized it this way:

Now, any Colorado resident who is 21 can buy up to an ounce of marijuana at one of the 40 dispensaries that began selling to retail customers on Wednesday. Out-of-state visitors can buy a quarter-ounce, but they have to use it within the state. Carrying marijuana across state lines remains illegal, and the plant is not allowed at the Denver International Airport.