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"With just two days left before marijuana sales become legal in Colorado, the state's largest newspaper has unveiled a new website devoted to covering pot culture inside and out. \nCalled The Cannabist, the site will be run by Ricardo Baca, The Denver Post's marijuana editor. Baca's appointment last month made waves across the media \u2014 he got a coveted Colbert Report appearance out of it \u2014 as has the newspaper's ongoing search for a pot critic.  \nSee also: Why Would-be Marijuana Moguls Have Their Work Cut Out For Them\nBaca's video introducing the site is worth watching just for the extracts he reads from the many, many applications he's received for the pot-critic post. Here's a taste:\n\nThe Cannabist site combines stories on the politics and culture of marijuana \u2014 everything from City Hall regulations to playing video games under the influence \u2014 alongside reviews of various strains. There are also recipes and cannabis-friendly restaurant reviews. In short, it looks more like a grown-up newspaper than your average pot-themed website.\n\"You see the websites that have the big pot leaf that are writing in stoner nomenclature and jargon,\" Baca told Mashable earlier this month. \"That\u2019s not going to be us ... I think that some of the professional writing out of the culture of cannabis hasn\u2019t been fully explored.\" \nOne of the more potentially lucrative aspects of the site: It features an interactive map of all the state's dispensaries. Another site called WeedMaps offers that information for medical marijuana in states that provide it; the site has 2 million visitors every month, and annual revenues of $18 million. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nImage: MARTIN BERNETTI, AFP"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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