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Colorado's marijuana industry seeks legitimacy with help from tech world
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Oct 7, 2014
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Colorado's marijuana industry seeks legitimacy with help from tech world
The tech industry is providing a boost to Colorado's movement to change the way businesses revolving around recreational marijuana are perceived.
Marijuana is stored in bins for trimming and packaging in preparation to be sold retail at 3D Cannabis Center, in Denver.
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The tech industry is providing a boost to Colorado's movement to change the way businesses revolving around recreational marijuana are perceived.

It’s been only 10 months since recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado, but there’s already a huge movement to create legitimate businesses involving the drug.

This is no easy task, due to the pot industry being a traditionally underground endeavor. But BBC reporter Kim Gittleson traveled to Colorado to find out how the tech industry can help.

Read the full story: Looking for the Facebook of the pot industry