Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed himself to history when he approved several measures legalizing marijuana. The governor took the first steps in implementing marijuana in the state making Colorado the first potential legal pot market for adults in the world. Colorado will become the first place to have legal, regulated and taxed marijuana.

Mr Hickenlooper was previously openly against legalization of marijuana. According to him, "Colorado is known for many great things, marijuana should not be one of them." This changed Tuesday when signed the first bills in history to set up a market for legalized marijuana. The legislation included creation and organization of a regulatory framework for the production, distribution and sale of industrial hemp.

"Recreational marijuana really is new territory," Huffingtonpost quoted Hickenlooper while signing the bills. Hickenlooper said his change of heart towards legalization of marijuana is out of common sense. The governor's chief legal counsel, Jack Finlaw, said their opposition to marijuana had nothing to do with implementation of the bills.

They need to implement what the voters wanted.

"We applaud Gov. Hickenlooper for the initiative he has taken to ensure the world's first legal marijuana market for adults will entail a robust and comprehensive regulatory system," Mason Tvert said according to Huffingtonpost. Tvert is the director of communications for the Marijuana Policy Project. He was the official proponent of Amendment 64. Tvert co-directed the Marijuana campaign as well.

"This marks another major milestone in the process of making the much-needed transition from a failed policy of marijuana prohibition to a more sensible system of regulation," according to the advocate.

"Colorado is demonstrating to the rest of the nation that it is possible to adopt a marijuana policy that reflects the public's increasing support for making marijuana legal for adults. Marijuana prohibition is on its way out in Colorado, and it is only a matter of time before many more states follow its lead."

Senate Bill 283 and House Bill 1317 establish the regulatory framework for legalized marijuana in Colorado. The bills dictate how recreational marijuana should be produced and introduced into the market.