From the outside, the building is unassuming.

It's a hundred-year-old church, and it looks like one.

It's sturdy, brick, it's got an old bell tower,

and three large doorways in the front to welcome worshippers.

Inside, people line the pews, and they're engaged in a sort of prayer.

But the smoke drifting up to the ceiling, it is an incense.

I'm Dylan Thuris, and this is Alice of Skira,

a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

And today, we're taking you to church, the international church of cannabis.

That's after this.

Steve Burke first came across the building that would become the International Church of Cannabis in 2015.

And at the time, he was just visiting Denver from his home in Florida.

And he and his family were looking for real estate investments.

The church was for sale, and he thought maybe it could be converted into something cool,

like a bachelor pad for a pro athlete.

But this is also where you should know something else about Steve.

I'm going to smoke some three. You only got $20 in my pocket.

I'm a hunting looking for a bar shop. This is me. That is Steve's version of the Maclemore's And it's got 17 million views on YouTube.

Steve made a bunch of comedy videos like this, many of them celebrating marijuana.

He's been a long time advocate for legalization. He ran for mayor of Miami Beach on a pro

marijuana platform twice. He also runs a cannabis marketing startup. And after he and his family

bought the church in Denver, Steve went back to Miami and thought, what am I doing in

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