Photos: Check out the first legal recreational marijuana store in America

Proprietors of the first marijuana retailers licensed to sell pot for recreational use in Colorado, including BotanaCare, were busy rolling joints and stocking shelves with their leafy merchandise on Tuesday, ahead of a New Year’s Day grand opening that marks a new chapter in America’s drug culture

[caption id=“attachment_1319515” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A bag of marijuana being prepared for sale sits next to a money jar at BotanaCare in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319517” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Danielle Hackett prepares marijuana buds for sale at BotanaCare in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319519” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] An employee brings out a display of drug-infused candies at the Botana Care marijuana store just before opening the doors to customers for the first time in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319521” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] People wait in line to be among the first to legally buy recreational marijuana at the Botana Care store in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319529” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A sign celebrates the day at the Botana Care marijuana store just before opening the doors to customers for the first time in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319537” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A worker rolls marijuana joints for sale at the Botanacare marijuana store ahead of their grand opening on New Year’s day in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1319543” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Jesse Phillips, wearing a Denver Broncos jersey, celebrates being the first person to legally buy recreational marijuana (in his left hand) at the BotanaCare store in Northglenn, Colorado. Reuters photo[/caption]