Contests at Denver County Fair to include joint-rolling, weed-growing

So they've made weed legal in Colorado, and the county fair is going to have a 'pot pavilion'. You wouldn't get that at the Tullow Show…

Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contests to its 2014 summer fair with a 'pot pavilion'.

For the first time pot plants will stand alongside tomato plants and home-made jam, after the US state made recreational pot legal.

There will not actually be any marijuana at the fairgrounds. The judging will be done off-site, with photos showing the winning entries. And a live joint-rolling contest will be done with oregano, not pot.

County fair organisers say the marijuana categories will add a fun twist on Denver’s already-quirky county fair, which includes a drag queen pageant, tattoo competitions and a contest for robots.

On January 1 Colorado unveiled the modern world's first fully legal marijuana industry — no doctor's note required (as in 18 states and Washington, D.C.) and no unregulated production of the drug (as in the Netherlands). Uruguay has fully legalized pot but hasn't yet set up its system.