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Marijuana is mainstream but weed tourism isn\u2019t booming. Here\u2019s why.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bus tours. Smoking lounges. Wake-and-bake drag brunch. Weed travel is growing but hasn\u2019t yet reached its high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOS ANGELES \u2014 At the LitCo dispensary downtown, Brett \u201cRollan Buds” Davis approached me with a weed waiver. \u201cIt\u2019s so you don\u2019t blame us for getting high,\u201d said Davis, who owns Weed Bus Los Angeles<\/a> and was guiding the Movie Set Tour on a recent Thursday afternoon. With two joints and a container of edibles in my bag, I took full responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davis sealed our group of nine inside the bus like astronauts rocketing to space. Immediately, everyone lit up. Joints were passed among friends or savored privately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d been here before \u2014 or at least somewhere like it. In 2014, I boarded a cannabis tour bus<\/a> in Denver soon after Colorado became the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. All of us were giddy, even before the THC kicked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost 10 years have passed since that memorable ride, and weed is no longer such a novelty. Since then nearly two dozen states have legalized adult-use cannabis and more could be switching sides. \u201cI think we are seeing the last of…READ FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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