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Joey
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Re: The New and Improved Joey? thread
Reply #8817 - Jan 20th, 2013 at 12:00pm
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" First Legal Marijuana Coffee Shop Opens in Colorado January 4, 2013 at 8:05AM by Zoe Bain Colorado is taking a page (or perhaps a leaf) out of Amsterdam's book with the opening of its first marijuana-friendly coffee shop. The Front Tea & Art Shop recently opened in Lafayette. Colorado's citizens voted to legalize cannabis in November.
According to The Boulder Daily Camera, The Front & Tea Art Shop is a normal tea and coffee shop during the day, but at night cups of hemp coffee can be legally enjoyed alongside a joint or vaporizer. Owner Veronica Carpio calls the nightime storefront the Hive Co-Op. For now, it's BYOC (bring your own cannabis) while the state figures out how to proceed with its new legalization amendment.
Customers who show up to the co-op must show a valid ID and be at least 21 years old. There's a 1-ounce limit and a $5 cover charge to enter the coffee shop after dark. For now the sale of marijuana is not allowed at The Front & Tea Art Shop, although participants are allowed to share and even trade their "goods."
Carpio hopes that her co-op will serve as a spot for people to come together, relax, and "engage in deep discussions." In addition to her beverage selections, the co-op owner also offers board games and special lighting.
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In the future, Carpio hopes to organize, "drum circles, painting events, growing seminars, movie nights, and bake-offs where customers can judge one another's edibles." At the moment, however, authorities in Colorado have some catching up to do. A task force has been brought together to help find the best way to safely legalize the industry under new Amendment 64. Until the rules are figured out, Carpio will have to stick to purely sharing and trading marijuana at her co-op.
Her current enterprise doesn't seem to be a problem for Lafayette police. "They do not appear to be violating any laws. She's reciting Amendment 64 to a T. She knows the law very well," said police Commander Gene McCausy. "
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