article_snippet: In a national first, voters in Colorado and Washington state opted to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults in landmark twin ballots in 2012, and the first retail stores opened in Colorado on January 1, 2014.
article_snippet: States such as Oregon and Alaska, which have now also voted to legalize recreational pot as well as others where lawmakers face proposals to do so, are watching Colorado Colorado results closely.
article_snippet: The state's marijuana laws have been challenged in federal court by neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, which argue weed is smuggled across weed borders.
article_snippet: Some Colorado residents said the pot industry has hurt Some Colorado residents families, businesses or property values .
article_snippet: The state's marijuana laws have been challenged in federal court by neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, which argue weed Nebraska is smuggled across weed borders.
article_snippet: Some Colorado residents said the pot industry has hurt Some Colorado residents .
article_snippet: Supporters said voters have chosen to take the trade out of the hands of criminals, and a Quinnipiac University Poll this week showed that 58 percent of Colorado residents support marijuana legalization, versus 38 percent against it.
highlights_snippet: Voters in Colorado and Washington opted to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults in landmark twin ballots in 2012 .
  