# Has Colorado or other pot-legal state spet money promoting them as pot smoking destinations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111 "2016-04-25T19:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/1 "2016-04-25T19:10:27Z")
I was just glancing at a thread about Texas tourism ads and wondering why there were so many ads. And I started wondering about Colorado and whether their state tourism bureau had done anything to promote visiting to smoke dope. Have they, or any others for that matter, promoted pot tourism in other less fortunate states? šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/2 "2016-04-25T19:21:41Z")
Dude, relax. Theyā€™ll get around to it. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/3 "2016-04-25T19:24:55Z")
I hardly think theyā€™d need to. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/4 "2016-04-25T19:33:58Z")
Iā€™m sure theyā€™ll hire the same company that does all those prostitute destination ads for Nevada. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/5 "2016-04-25T19:39:13Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Iā€™m sure theyā€™ll hire the same company that does all those prostitute destination ads for Nevada. Hey, thatā€™s pretty much what the ā€œWhat Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegasā€ campaign was all about ā€“ or so I like to think. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/6 "2016-04-25T19:41:08Z")
> [@Peremensoe](#): > > I hardly think theyā€™d need to. Does San Francisco or New York City need to run a zillion ads pitching them as tourist destinations? I donā€™t think so, but still they do it. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/7 "2016-04-25T19:58:14Z")
_Colorado ā€” The Passing Clouds State_ _Colorado ā€” A Great State To Be In_ _Itā€™s Always Tomorrow In Colorado !_ ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/8 "2016-04-25T19:58:46Z")
Well to be serious, I think both the tourism bureau and the public at large would think it a little gauche and innapropriate. Tax payers in the state may want legal pot and tourists but they donā€™t necessarily want to be advertised as stonerā€™s paradise. I could see some quiet outreach to certain convention organizers and magazines but they arenā€™t going to blast it from the rooftops. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/9 "2016-04-25T20:01:11Z")
Colorado ā€“ the State Where You Can Be a Mile High ā€“ \*Before \*You Get to the Mountains! ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/10 "2016-04-25T20:04:17Z")
The Altered State of Colorado! ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/11 "2016-04-25T20:04:47Z")
Ad in High Times: Visit Colorado! You know why, donā€™t make us say it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/12 "2016-04-25T20:08:38Z")
Colorado-Itā€™s Always 4:20 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/13 "2016-04-25T20:10:31Z")
ā€œDenver? Dude, I like hardly even _know_ her!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/14 "2016-04-25T20:10:47Z")
Why would they need to? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/15 "2016-04-25T20:21:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Why would they need to? See post #6. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/16 "2016-04-25T20:36:08Z")
I moved to Colorado in January, and I havenā€™t seen any local public promotion of the pot-tourism industry. However, tostinoā€™s Pizza Rolls is having fun with the laws: they have a billboard that reminds you to stock up on Pizza Rolls ā€œb4/20ā€ (i.e. before 4/20, the number sign for smoking). Thereā€™s another sign that says that their pizza rolls are ā€œbetter off baked.ā€ Other than that, thereā€™s not much going on in terms of pot advertising. While there are a lot of dispensaries, they are generally low-key (you canā€™t see in the windows) and most identifiable by the green medical cross on their signage. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/17 "2016-04-25T20:47:02Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Well to be serious, I think both the tourism bureau and the public at large would think it a little gauche and innapropriate. Tax payers in the state may want legal pot and tourists but they donā€™t necessarily want to be advertised as stonerā€™s paradise. I could see some quiet outreach to certain convention organizers and magazines but they arenā€™t going to blast it from the rooftops. Well, considering Tourism Departments ā€” not the sharpest pencils in the desk ā€” have been able to persuade themselves Old People have lots of spare money, **The Grey Dollar** , and Homosexuals have lots of spare money, **The Gay Dollar** , Iā€™m sure they can be cajoled into believing the nationā€™s weed-smokers have million on millions of high disposable income. **The Ganja Dollar**. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/18 "2016-04-25T20:48:28Z")
_[Rocky Mountain Highā€¦Colorado](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLWD2WIvRQk)_! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/19 "2016-04-25T20:51:32Z")
The number of people who 1) want to smoke pot, but 2) donā€™t because itā€™s illegal in their state, and 3) would be willing to go to another state to do so legally, must be pretty small. There are many reasons marijuana should be legal, but increase tourism would be pretty down on the list. If marijuana was illegal where I lived, but legal in Colorado, Iā€™d just keep smoking it quietly at home instead of getting on a plane to Denver. ---
**Author:** ![Goofus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7feea3/32.png) [@Goofus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goofus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111/20 "2016-04-25T20:54:29Z")
Have you ever looked at the Rocky Mountains? I mean, _really_ looked at them? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-colorado-or-other-pot-legal-state-spet-money-promoting-them-as-pot-smoking-destinations/753111.md?page=2)