In this May 19, 2018 photo a tourist lights up a cannabis cigarette during a tour on the Green Line Trips bus in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Recreational marijuana sales became legal in California this year, and the industry is targeting tourists as well as locals, with tours, shops, lodging and ads. And there are cannabis bus tours, too, like Green Line Trips, with stops at local pot dispensaries and Griffith Park or Santa Monica.

Los Angeles for tourists: Hollywood, beaches — and pot?

By Marjorie Miller, The Associated Press

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Recreational marijuana sales became legal in California this year, and the industry is targeting tourists as well as locals, with tours, shops, lodging and ads. “Just seconds from LAX,” says an ad for the MedMen chain .

Yep, there are chains of marijuana stores here. And there are cannabis bus tours, too, like Green Line Trips , with stops at local pot dispensaries along with stops at attractions like Griffith Park. You can even smoke on the bus. (Funny thing about online reviews for Green Line and other tours: They’re really, really positive, as in “the best,” “coolest,” “hella” and “man, o man.”)

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