The marijuana legalization movement
A long line of buyers trails from a store selling marijuana in Pueblo West, Colo., on Jan. 1 as the nation’s first recreational pot industry opened its doors. (John Wark / Associated Press)
Sean Azzariti, a veteran of the Iraq war, prepares to make the first legal recreational marijuana purchase in Colorado from advocate Betty Aldworth at the 3-D Denver Discrete Dispensary in Denver. (Theo Stroomer / Getty Images)
Employees David Marlow, right, and Chris Broussard work the sales counter inside Medicine Man marijuana retail store, which opened as a legal recreational retail outlet in Denver at the beginning of 2014. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)
A line forms outside the Cannabis Club on Main Street in downtown Breckenridge, Colo., for an 8 a.m. opening of the store. (Kathryn Scott Osler / Associated Press)
Jeff Decker and his wife, Carly Tangney-Decker, hold their 8-month daughter, Mabel Tangney-Decker, in their home in Kingston, N.Y. The couple is pushing for the state of New York to legalize medical marijuana to help Mabel, who has a rare genetic disorder that causes seizures. (Philip Kamrass / Associated Press)
Employees trim pot plants to be sold at Medicine Man marijuana dispensary in Denver. (Brennan Linsley / Associated Press)
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn hands a pen to state Rep. Lou Lang as he signs a bill legalizing medical marijuana in Chicago. (Scott Eisen / Associated Press)
Katrin Haugh, left, and Carol Thompson, of the Absentee and Petition Office begin processing 20 boxes containing more than 46,000 signatures for a proposed ballot initiative to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Alaska. (Erik Hill / Associated Press)
Then City Council member Bill Rosendahl tours the premises of Herbal Cure Medicinal Collective, of which he is a member, in L.A. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
A car passes by the Cannabis Station, a marijuana dispensary in downtown Denver. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
A man enters a medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Volunteer Gregory Lyons of Oakland makes calls at Oaksterdam University in support of Prop. 19, a marijuana legalization initiative. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)