>>
>> I
>> I LIKE
>> I LIKE YOU, TOO, BIG BIRD. >> MEMORIES.
>> MEMORIES. >> SPEAKING OF, CANADA BECAME
THE SECOND NATION IN THE WORLD
TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR
RECREATIONAL USE TODAY.
CANADA, WILL CLOSEST TO SMOKE
THE PLANT FORM OF MARIJUANA
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. WE
TODAY. WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO COUGH
UP I MEAN CLEAN UP ABOUT THIS
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. >>
STORY. >> Reporter: BEFORE YOU PACK
UP THE PARTY BUS FOR A ROAD
TRIP OVER THE BORDER YOU MIGHT
WANT TO COOL OFF THAT HOT BOX.
WHILE MARIJUANA IS LEGAL
STARTING WEDNESDAY IN CANADA IT
IS NOT YET FOR RECREATIONAL
WEED.
WEED.
WEED. DIFFERENT PROVINCES HAVE AND
STILL MAKING DIFFERENT RULES.
ONTARIO, YOU CAN ONLY BUY WEED
MY MAIL ORDER AND ALL OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA ONLY ONE STORE
WILL BE OPEN.
DON'T BRING IT IN, DON'T BRING
IT OUT.
IT OUT.
IT OUT. DRIVING OVER THE BORDER OR
FLYING IT BACK EVEN TO A STATE
WHERE IT IS LEGAL LIKE
COLORADO, WASHINGTON OR
CALIFORNIA IT IS STILL AGAINST
THE LAW.
THE LAW.
THE LAW. WHAT ARE THEY IN FOR UP THERE?
HOW WILL THIS LAW CHANGE STUFF
IN CANADA?
IN CANADA? >> I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN TO
WORK TODAY AND THERE IS A GUY
ON THE STREET CORNER OF
DOWNTOWN DENVER SMOKING RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> Reporter: WE TAPPED SOMEONE
WHO SEEN IT BEFORE.
JEREMY AT OUR SISTER STATION
KUSA IN DENVER.
>> MARIJUANA HERE IN COLORADO
IS AN AFTERTHOUGHT HERE BECAUSE
YOU ARE USED TO IT.
>> OR SMOKED TOO MUCH AND
FORGET.
FORGET.
FORGET. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. SHORT TERM MEMORY IS SHOT, I
HAD 3 EDIBLES FOR BREAKFAST.
>> Reporter: KIDDING, TALKING
ABOUT IT CHANGED THE TONE IN
THIS COUNTRY ABOUT MARIJUANA.
>> WAS IT GOOD OR BAD FOR THE
NEIGHBORS OF COLORADO?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A DEBATE.
I THINK PEOPLE WHO LIKE
MARIJUANA, YOU KNOW WHO LIVE
NEXT TO COLORADO ARE LIKE THIS
IS GREAT, I CAN JUST DRIVE OVER
INTO COLORADO AND GET MY WEED
AND COME BACK HOME.
THERE ARE COUNTIES ON THE RIM
OF COLORADO, ON THE OUTSIDE RIM
OF COLORADO AND OTHER STATES
THAT HAVE FELT THAT THEY NEED
TO REALLY COME DOWN HARD ON
MARIJUANA POSSESSION.
MARIJUANA POSSESSION. THERE IS A SHERIFF'S OFFICE
THERE IN NEBRASKA THAT SAW
THEIR JAIL POPULATION KIND OF
SKYROCKET BECAUSE THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE WAS COMING DOWN HARD ON
PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COLORADO BORDER FOR MARIJUANA
POSSESSION.
POSSESSION. OF COURSE THEY WERE GETTING IT
HERE IN COLORADO.
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF YOU
HEAR STORIES OF WHITE COLLARED
PEOPLE GETTING THEIR WEED AND
COMING BACK AND GETTING BUSTED.
I GUARANTEE YOU THAT WILL
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> ONE MORE THING, THE AGE TO
SMOKE IN SEVERAL STATES IS 21.
THE AGE IN CANADA IS 18-19.
SO, IF CANADA SPIKES IN SPRING
BREAK ATTENDANCE WE NOW KNOW
WHY.
WHY.
WHY. >>
WHY. >> HOLD ON.
I AM COMING.
SORRY.
SORRY.
SORRY. ONE SECOND.
ONE SECOND. >> SORRY.
>> SORRY.
>> SORRY. >> SINCE LEGALIZATION IN 2014
COLORADO HAD $1.5 BILLION IN
SALES LAST YEAR.
CANADA EXPECTS TO GET FOUR
TIMES THAT AMOUNT IN FOUR
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. BY
YEARS. BY 2022.
BY 2022.
BY 2022. HOWEVER, COLORADO REPORTS 1 OUT
OF 4 ADULTS, 18-25, YOUNGER
ONES, THEY USE THE DRUG IN THE
LAST MONTH.
LAST MONTH. 1-8 DO IT EVERY DAY OR CLOSE TO
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. IT IS USED A LOT THERE.
I READ A STAT THAT SAYS THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HAS NOT GROWN
THAT USES THE DRUG.
THIS IS FROM THE STATE REPORT.
IT IS NOT LIKE ACTUALLY MAKING
IT LEGAL HAS MORE PEOPLE SMOKE
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> THAT IS INTERESTING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVED THERE.
WE DID STORIES ABOUT FAMILIES
THAT MOVED THERE FOR TREATMENT
FOR THEIR KIDS.
THERE WAS A STATISTIC ABOUT
CANADA TODAY.
CANADA TODAY. THEY DID A POLL OF CANADIANS,
80% SAID THEY HAVE NO INTEREST
IN TRYING MARIJUANA.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> IT MIGHT BE THE SAME CASE.
>> BUT A VAST MAJORITY THAT
WANTED TO LEGALIZE IT.
>> BECAUSE IT IS A MONEYMAKER.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. MAKE TONS OF MONEY ON IT THERE.
GIVE OR TAKE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NATION OUR
NATION IS