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Legislators passed a raft of bills dealing with the cannabis industry during the 2021 session. While the most sweeping and controversial of the bills, HB21-1317, put additional constraints on medical marijuana sales, several other bills were designed to bolster the industry. With sales that topped $2.19 billion in 2020, âwe need to recognize that the Colorado cannabis industry is entering a competitive phase with other states,â said Rep. Marc Snyder (D-Dist. 18). âIf you look at the history of Prohibition and alcohol, it got to around this point where roughly 20 states or more were just not enforcing the federal prohibition any more, and thatâs when Amendment 21 repealed Prohibition.â
Cuyler Meade / Craig Press Not long after deciding to allow recreational marijuana sales in town, the city of Craig is dipping its toes into the possibility of taking the next step: Legalizing the product’s use within the establishments that sell it. Currently, Craig — like most municipalities where retail pot is legal — only allows a purchaser of the product to use it in private. It’s not legal for someone to walk over to Rocky Mountain Cannabis, for example, buy some pot and smoke up on the premises. That practice is referred to as “cannabis hospitality,” and it’s something Craig is now lightly exploring.
Stricter regulations on Colorado THC concentrates could be coming with proposed legislation Lawmakers push for more research on high potency products Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KOAA 5 News and last updated 2021-05-20 07:45:01-04 SOUTHERN COLORADO â A bill introduced in Colorado's state legislature could enact new regulations on THC concentrates for both medical patients and recreational consumers. HB21-1317 will go to the Committee on Finance on Thursday, after passing unanimously out of the Public and Behavioral Health and Human Services Committee this week. In a draft of the bill that was circulated earlier this year, a 15% potency cap on THC products was proposed. Since then, the bill has been dramatically revised. A potency cap is no longer included.
In an effort to curb a rising tide of abuse by teens and young adults, Colorado lawmakers are seeking to crack down on high-potency marijuana concentrates under a bipartisan bill
A new bill proposed by Alec Garnett, Colorado's Speaker of the House, calls for more packaging restrictions for commercial marijuana concentrate and tighter rules for medical marijuana patients and physicians, including a required THC dosage amount and tracking system for patient purchases. After months of negotiations around limiting the potency of legal marijuana products, late last week lawmakers and a powerful portion of the pot industry reached a compromise bill. And while that proposal doesn't include a potency limit, it does contain a new set of guardrails, studies and tracking provisions intended to reduce youth marijuana use and diversion to the black market.
A bill floating around the Colorado Legislature would doom the state's marijuana industry if it passed. And while the chances of that bill passing are slim — it hasn't even been introduced — its mere existence could signal the start of a battle over the potency of commercial pot products. The bill, drafted by state Representative Yadira Caraveo, would ban any form of legal marijuana, recreational or medical, testing over 15 percent THC. It also calls for a number of restrictions to the state's medical marijuana program, including a requirement that medical marijuana patients only be allowed to purchase a pre-designated dosage and allotment of certain products decided by a physician, similar to a drug prescription.
Gov. Jared Polis signed a landmark bill affecting the cannabis industry on June 29 in front of Simply Pure in Denver. The dispensary was the first in the nation owned by a Black couple. HB20-1424 creates a new social equity license that is intended to boost minority participation in the cannabis industry. The program goes into effect Jan. 1. The bill also authorizes the governor to pardon individuals for possession of up to 2 ounces of marijuana â the current legal limit for medical patients â removing a barrier to ownership of marijuana businesses. âThis month, across our whole state and our whole society, weâve had a long-overdue and renewed conversation about race, about racial inequalities ⦠and cannabis is no different than anything else,â Polis said at the bill signing. âThe majority of those in prison for cannabis-related crimes are people of color, while the majority of people that are making money legally on cannabis are white.â
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