10 Years of Legal Reefer Madness
Weed. It’s been legal for 10 years, and it feels more fraught than ever. All this week on City Cast Denver, host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi are counting down 2022’s top five stories in Denver. Today, #2, how had legal weed changed Denver? And how has it remained the same?
5. Hockeytown, USA
4. Tipping Fatigue
3. The Rise of Worker Power
2. Legal Reefer Madness
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We also mentioned this episode where we visited Tetra Lounge, Denver’s first-ever, smoke-friendly public weed consumption site.
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