The busiest and biggest pot retail store in Denver opened its doors on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 to record crowds; with massive sales on a day many are coining Green Wednesday.
In this first in the history of America recreational pot store, it offers every kind of marijuana and paraphernalia a pot smoker could desire.
Employees stand behind sales counters rolling joints, helping customers who want smell the different strains of marijuana before buying it, and the counter is continually crowded inside the Medicine Man marijuana retail store.
The Williams family has built the Costco of weed, in a warehouse northeast of Denver, situated right next to a post office.
Nine relatives from three generations work behind the bulletproof glass at Medicine Man, which has grown into one of the states largest medical marijuana dispensaries and has aspirations of becoming a national brand if pot legalization continues without a hitch.
There was never any doubt that Medicine Man would open as a recreational pot shop after Colorado voters approved Amendment 64 in 2012, making it legal for anyone 21 and over to possess and use marijuana.
Andy and Pete Williams, the brothers whose dream has been realized, are risk-takers who put everything on the line betting on a product that remains illegal in the eyes of the federal government.
The Williams siblings havent had it all good, they have had recurring nightmares about being busted, enduring strained marriages and the judgment of neighbors, but the rush of being a part of something groundbreaking has kept them motivated.
Id dream multiple times a week of landing in prison and never seeing my family again, Andy Williams said.
Imagine a day at the office, equipped with armed guards, stacks of cash, rewards programs for employees and sales clerks versed in 70 strains of marijuana and peach soda that can get you high.
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