Beers for breakfast? Denver considers allowing bars to remain open until 7 a.m. in the hope it will cut down crowds and fighting on the street It seems the introduction of a new law allowing cannabis to be smoked in Denver, Colorado, is allowing usually uptight lawmakers to relax when considering legislation over alcohol. This time plans have been unveiled to change drinking hours in the Mile High City and allow bars to keep the beer flowing until 7 a.m. In an effort to cut down on hundreds of intoxicated people flowing out of Denver's downtown bars at closing time, state lawmakers are considering making a change. Currently, alcohol cannot be served after 2 a.m. in Colorado. The easing of the policy would mean tabs could keep racking up until sunrise with bars allowed to stay serving until 7 a.m. Good morning sir, what'll it be? In an effort to cut down on hundreds of intoxicated people flowing out of bars at closing time in downtown Denver, state lawmakers are considering changing last orders to 7am Theory: Denver's politicians believe that a later closing time would mean less trouble from crowds who are all forced to flee bars at the same time Rep. Crisanta Duran, a Democrat representing northwest Denver, believes making a change to the time bars close would keep crowds out of the streets and cut down on fighting. 'We're just trying to give local governments another tool to work with to combat violence issues,' said Duran. She is sponsoring the bill which would allow towns and cities across Colorado to decide how long the bars should stay open. 'In larger cities where they have bars that are open later through the night people naturally leave and you don't have hundreds of people on the street at a time,' she said. A relaxing place to live: Denver already allows cannabis to be smoked freely, so a further relaxation in licensing rules sounds like it would be a pretty nice place to live! This year over New Year's Eve in Denver a string of random attacks put several victims in the hospital. Duran believes thinning out the crowd would solve the problem. 'I'm sure it will spread out the craziness at closing time and it will allow us to plan better,' said one bar employee. A handful of business in downtown Denver already support the legislation, although they don't believe the problem with violence is as big as lawmakers seem to imply.