article_snippet.sent: Caitlin McGuire and Brian Rogers, 34, own the Breckenridge Cannabis Club, a recreational marijuana dispensary in the historic and scenic ski town of Breckenridge, Colorado.
article_snippet.sent: She and Rogers, 34, started She and Rogers, 34, business as a medical cannabis dispensary in 2010, but when Colorado became the first state in the nation to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, She and Rogers, 34, saw a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity.
article_snippet.sent: Previously, She and Rogers, 34, were only permitted to sell medical marijuana to the approximate 4,500 permanent residents of Breckenridge; when the new legislation took effect on January 1, 2014, She and Rogers, 34, could then sell to any of the 30,000-plus tourists (21 years or older) who visited the town during peak season.
article_snippet.sent: We want to show people that it's not just a bunch of stoners selling pot over the counter," McGuire said.
article_snippet.sent: That classification makes it difficult for banks -- which are federally regulated -- to do business with marijuana retailers, even legal ones.
article_snippet.sent: Like most Colorado cannabis stores, the Breckenridge Cannabis Club is a cash only business.
article_snippet.sent: The two recognize that "budtender" might not be a career path any family expects any family child to embark on, but for the most part, there has been surprising support: McGuire even got permission to use the remainder of McGuire college fund to start the Breckenridge Cannabis Club more than five years ago.
article_snippet.sent: he and McGuire says he and McGuire grandmothers' attitude shift is what he and McGuire're hoping for on a larger scale: While you may not agree with he and McGuire, entrepreneurs in four states and the District of Columbia are out to prove that recreational cannabis and capitalism can coexist.
article_snippet.sent: We're cannabis consumers and We support that part of it, too.