ON A hazy January morning, scores of cannabis enthusiasts queued outside MedMen's elegant West Hollywood store to celebrate the first day they could legally purchase the drug without a medical licence. As they took their place behind a man covered in piercings and dragon tattoos, two women in Spandex leggings and designer sunglasses chatted about what they would buy. When, an hour later, they were invited in, they picked up a shopping basket and sought out a "budtender" to help them choose between marijuana flowers, thc-infused citrus soda, and cannabis chocolate. "My dad has really bad back pain," one explained, as the pair stood in front of shelves displaying cannabis bath bombs, marijuana lotions and hemp-oil dog treats. "But he's an old conservative white male. What can I buy him that won't freak him out?"
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