Pot was already legal in Colorado, you just needed a prescription to purchase it legally.
ANYBODY could get a doctor to write them a prescription. There are already more places that openly sell (prescription) marijuana than there are Starbucks in Colorado.
The new law allows you to posses only one ounce of the stuff, and the age limit is 21, not 18. You won't even be allowed to smoke it publicly.
The Federal government now has to decide if it wants to challenge a state's right to legalize, regulate, and tax it.
http://www.collegian.com/2012/11/08/...legalizes-pot/