Nearby, businessman Stephen Shearin was demonstrating the ZaZZZ, a cannabis vending machine which keeps the drug at optimum temperature. amp;ldquo;I never thought Iamp;rsquo;d see anything like this in my lifetime,amp;rdquo; he said taking in the scene. amp;ldquo;Itamp;rsquo;s amazing how far things have come.amp;rdquo; Cannabis proponents believe the tide of legalisation is now inevitable and that the rest of America will follow Colorado sooner rather than later. Polls have consistently moved that way, and now show slightly more than 50 per cent of Americans in favour. Under federal law possession of the drug is still illegal but the central government has simply left Colorado to go its own way. Last week US Attorney General Eric Holder said he was amp;ldquo;cautiously optimisticamp;rdquo; about what was happening in the state. Taxes are rolling in to the Colorado Treasury and it expects to receive $118 million (amp;pound;70m) from $613 million in sales in the 2014/15 fiscal year. - The Telegraph
