Denver — Bud tender Kurt Britz, 29, stands at the end of the garden viewing corridor where buyers can watch the product growing at 3-D Denver's Discreet Dispensary. Entrepreneurs are ramping up to get in on the marijuana market now that recreational pot use has been legalized in Colorado after the passage of Amendment 64.

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Denver — Toni Fox, owner of 3-D Denver's Discreet Dispensary, stands in the grow room. She is looking for an investment of $500,000 to build more grow rooms in a warehouse next door and buy another dispensary in the mountain town of Buena Vista.

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Denver — Pedestrians are reflected in the main window of the Rocky Mountain High marijuana dispensary.

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Denver — Ean Seeb, with Denver Relief Consulting, meets with businessmen who pitch him an idea for capitalizing on the marijuana market in Colorado. Seeb's clients pay a $1,000 retainer and sign a nondisclosure agreement to learn how to operate and what to expect in a business that has been underground for most of its history.

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Denver — Bud tender Dan Ericson, left, fills an order at Denver Relief medical marijuana dispensary while Ean Seeb stands by. Seeb co-founded Denver Relief Consulting to help newcomers navigate the complexities of Colorado’s marijuana industry.

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Denver — Christie Lunsford holds a container of marijuana trim that is used to infuse Dixie Elixirs and Edibles' food products, which include soft drinks, truffles and breath mints. "I believe that as cannabis becomes accessible, our market will grow," said Lunsford, marketing director for the company.

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Denver — Tamar Wise, co-head of the science division at Dixie Elixirs and Edibles, checks marijuana buds to be used in the company's food products.

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Denver — Chef Lexi Yurkovsky makes marijuana-infused chocolate truffles in the kitchen of Dixie Elixirs and Edibles.

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Denver — A batch of marijuana-infused chocolate truffles is covered with plastic wrap in the kitchen of Dixie Elixirs and Edibles.

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Denver — Christie Lunsford, marketing director for Dixie Elixirs and Edibles, surveys the company's warehouse full of marijuana-infused products. Like other pot-related enterprises in Colorado, the company is expecting business to burgeon now that state voters have legalized recreational use of the drug.

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Denver — Wanda James displays some of her marijuana-infused products for "Simply Pure," the company and her husband started in 2010. They claim it's the first cannabis edibles company specializing in a healthy alternative to what is currently available.

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