Supporters of the ‘green rush’, when Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalise, lament the industry’s decline — and wonder if it was a mistake
As Sean Azzariti tells it, queueing in the snow outside a cannabis dispensary in Denver was the end of a long road from Iraq.
The former marine had been in charge of base security at al-Qa’im and al-Asad — “constantly mortared, constantly being shot at” — causing post-traumatic stress disorder that a 13-pill cocktail of stimulants, tranquillisers and antidepressants had done little to assuage.
