A veteran, who says he suffers from PTSD, was first in line to buy marijuana at a Colorado store. The state is the first in the country to allow the sale of recreational marijuana.
By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News
Colorado's legal recreational marijuana industry kicked off Wednesday with an Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder making the first pot purchase under the new law.
Sean Azzariti of Denver, who helped campaign for Amendment 64, bought an eighth of an ounce of a strain called Bubba Kush and a pot-infused edible truffle for $59 at the 3D Cannabis Center — one of two dozen retailers that began selling up to an ounce of weed to adults starting at 8 a.m. mountain time.
"It's pretty surreal," the cashier told Azzariti, who was not able to buy medical marijuana with his diagnosis.