Historic first sales of legal recreational marijuana began across Colorado Wednesday when Sean Azzariti bought the first bag.



Azzariti, a Denver-based Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and could not, until now, get marijuana legally to help alleviate his symptoms, made his purchase at an 8 a.m. press event.

Here's Azzariti with his bagged marijuana purchase, an Indica strain called Bubba Kush:



Source: Huffington Post