Pottstown Mercury, 13 Feb 2013 – DENVER (AP) – Marijuana may be coming out of the black market in Colorado and Washington state, but the drug, at least for now, will retain a decidedly underground feel: Users may not know what’s in it. Less than a year away from allowing pot sales, regulators are grappling with how to ensure that the nation’s first legal marijuana industry will grow weed that delivers only the effects that pot smokers want.

Seattle Times, 01 Jan 2013 – DENVER – Recreational marijuana clubs opened Monday in Colorado, less than a month after the state governor signed into law a constitutional amendment allowing recreational pot use. With a reggae soundtrack and flashing disco-style lights, Club 64 in an industrial area just north of downtown Denver opened Monday afternoon, with some 200 people signed up.

Seattle Times, 11 Dec 2012 – Governor Makes Low-Key Proclamation Voters Passed Amendment Last Month DENVER (AP)- Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado on Monday, when the governor took a purposely low-key procedural step of declaring the voter-approved change part of the state constitution.

Arizona Republic, 20 Sep 2012 – DENVER – A catchy pro-marijuana jingle for Colorado voters considering legalizing the drug goes like this: "Jobs for our people. Money for schools. Who could ask for more?" It’s a bit more complicated than that in the three states – Colorado, Oregon and Washington – that could be the first to legalize marijuana.