Colorado's Marijuana Enforcement Division spokeswoman Julie Postlethwait explained that the laws do not permit consumption of marijuana in public in any form nor on the premises of dispensaries in California-style pot cafes.
David Tarnas, a former state representative, first introduced a bill permitting limited use of marijuana in 1995.
In the Legislature, a resurgent Republican majority elected last fall is leading a drive to repeal the six-year-old voter-approved statute permitting the use of marijuana for medical purposes, which opponents argue is promoting recreational use and crime.
With Colorado and Washington now permitting the sale of marijuana for recreational use, and 20 states allowing it medically, some 60 publicly traded outfits, many snarled in a tangled, difficult-to-track web of interconnections, have popped up, claiming to be pot and hemp stocks.
"But I want to see what the states learn from that experience, because there are still a lot of questions we still have to answer on the federal level," she said on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Trump also has said he is in favor of permitting marijuana use for medical purposes and that he supports allowing states to decide whether they will legalize adult recreational use.
The law does not permit the sale of marijuana outside of nonprofit dispensaries.
His bill would not permit the transportation of marijuana across state lines.
Maine is one of 25 states, plus the District of Columbia, that permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Nearly half the 50 states permit the sale of marijuana to medical patients, which in practice may include anyone willing to fake a back problem.
Even in the United States, which launched the catastrophic "war" four decades ago, 23 states permit medicinal use of marijuana with four more legalising and regulating the drug.
