Colorado's marijuana industry seeks legitimacy with help from tech world

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Marijuana is stored in bins for trimming and packaging in preparation to be sold retail at 3D Cannabis Center, in Denver.

The tech industry is providing a boost to Colorado's movement to change the way businesses revolving around recreational marijuana are perceived.

It’s been only 10 months since recreational marijuana became legal in Colorado, but there’s already a huge movement to create legitimate businesses involving the drug.

This is no easy task, due to the pot industry being a traditionally underground endeavor. But BBC reporter Kim Gittleson traveled to Colorado to find out how the tech industry can help.

Read the full story: Looking for the Facebook of the pot industry