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Photos: State-licensed marijuana shops open in Colorado

January 2, 2014 1:29PM ET

In Denver, pot users and at least 24 pot shops in eight towns welcomed the new year cheering 'Prohibition Is Over'

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A strain called Maui is offered for sale at High Countrty Healing in Silverthorne Colo. on January 1, 2014, the first day of legal marijuana sales in the state. Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post/Getty Images
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The line of buyers outside Bud Med in Edgewater stretches around the block on the first day of legal sales. Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Iraq war veteran Sean Azzariti, of Denver, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, makes the first purchase at the 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post/Getty Images
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Tyler Williams, from Ohio, examines possible purchases the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary. Theo Stroomer/Getty Images
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An employee hangs the state retail marijuana license to sell at the Botana Care marijuana store just before opening the doors to customers for the first time in Northglenn, Colorado on Wednesday. Rick Wilking/Reuters
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Ryan Garvey, left, smells a strain of marijuana Joaquin Ortega was packaging up for a customer at Denver Kush Club in Denver, Colorado. Seth McConnel/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Dan Briley, right, and Greg Nidy check out the available strains through a window in the waiting room at Northern Lights Cannabis Co in Edgewater, Colorado. Seth McConnell/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Two customers shop for product at High Country Healing in Silverthorne. Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post/Getty Images
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Skyler Hall weighs grams of Marijuana at BotanaCare 21+ in Northglenn, Colorado. Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Rhett Jordan is happy to make the first purchase at 10 o'clock in Bud Med in Edgewater on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in Denver Colorado. Joe Amon/The Denver Post/Getty Images
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The staff at BotanaCare 21+ in Northglenn, Colorado serves customers. Craig F. Walker/The Denver Post/Getty Images
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An employee brings out a display of drug-infused candies at the Botana Care marijuana store just before opening the doors to customers for the first time in Northglenn, Colorado. Rick Wilking/Reuters
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Garrett Sellars, 21, shows an edible to Ashly Carius, 21, both of Oklahoma City, as the shop at LoDo Wellness. Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Justin Achenbach, of Casper, Wyoming, runs around ecstatically at LoDo Wellness. Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post via Getty Images
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Cynthia Johnston 69 of LA holds her order form on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales at the 3D Cannabis Center in Denver Colorado. Joe Amon/The Denver Post via Getty Images