Medical pot dispensaries growing at a fast clip - The Denver Post

Medical pot dispensaries growing at a fast clip - The Denver Post

When Andy Cookston and his wife opened Denver's first medical-marijuana dispensary three years ago, they hung no sign outside their door.

They did no advertising; patients were drawn exclusively by word of mouth. They were unsure whether the state would even allow them to include their dispensary's full name — Cannabis Medical Technology — on their business license because of its pot-tinged terminology.

Such modesty is no longer a concern.

"Now that the door's been cracked open," said Cookston, who also owns a graphics company, "people are rushing it."

Colorado's medical-marijuana industry — just in its infancy — is already in the throes of a dramatic change.

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