Men & Women Queue Up In LasVegas To Buy Marijuana After Legalization (PHOTOS)

The doors swung open at the stroke of midnight and the first of thousands of customers poured in all eager to be part of history.

At 12.01am Saturday, Nevada became the fifth state in the US to make selling recreational marijuana legal and fans of the drug came out in force.

Party town Las Vegas will be the biggest winner from the new legislation with a huge tax windfall of up to $60million predicted for the first two years.

Millions of tourists visiting Sin City are expected to make nearly two of every three purchases from marijuana retailers.

Where the crop is grown: Marijuana plants receive light at the Desert Grown Farms cultivation facility in Las Vegas on June 28 just prior to going on sale across Nevada.

Some in the industry have said Vegas which attracts more than 42 million tourists annually will become the ‘mecca for marijuana’ overtakingthe likes of Amsterdam in Holland as the world capital of cannabis.

Customers flooded into the Essence dispensary to examine the wares and buy up to an ounce of marijuana legally. Cashiers rings up marijuana sale as Nevada becomes the fifth state to legally sell weed for recreational purposes.

More than 500 people lined up outside the Euphoria Wellness dispensary in Enterprise, on the outskirts of Las Vegas, and cheers erupted as the doors opened.

Daily Mail