Step outside in Denver on April 20, and you’ll probably smell something burning in the air.
As the first city to decriminalize cannabis and the capital of the first state to legalize the plant for recreational purposes, Denver will be forever linked to that sweet, sticky stuff. And on the high holiday known as 4/20, you’ll see plenty of public celebration, notably at Civic Center Park during an annual festival that traditionally has drawn tens of thousands of people who openly light up.
https://www.westword.com/marijuana/denver-growing-cannabis-hospitality-scene-took-13-years-24241511
