Colorado countries/us/co.yaml
Possessing up to 2 ounces is not an offence under the possession paragraphs. More than 2 ounces, up to 6 ounces, is a level 2 drug misdemeanour. More than 6 ounces is a level 1 drug misdemeanour.
A person 21 or older may grow up to six plants, no more than three of them flowering, in a … ore plants in an enclosed locked space, sits outside the twelve-plant residential offence.[@1,2]
Nothing within the limits; open public use is a $100 petty offence.[@1,2]
A person 21 or older may give up to 1 ounce, with no payment, to another person 21 or olde … a sale. A free transfer tied to payment for something else is a level 1 drug misdemeanour.[@1]
Private use, plus licensed hospitality venues in some cities.[@3,4]
Licensed shops since 2014, the first in the country.[@2] [The first licensed shops opened in 2014.](/history/us-colorado-first-shops-2014/)
Colorado Revised Statutes § 44-10-609, marijuana hospitality business licence (2024 code, via colorado.public.law) Colorado Revised Statutes § 44-10-610, retail marijuana hospitality and sales business licence (2024 code, via colorado.public.law) Wikipedia — Colorado Amendment 64 NORML — Colorado laws and penalties 2 unchanged
Possessing up to 2 ounces is not an offence under the possession paragraphs. More than 2 ounces, up to 6 ounces, is a level 2 drug misdemeanour. More than 6 ounces is a level 1 drug misdemeanour.[@1,2,6]
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upto 2 oz · treatment legal, over 2 oz · upto 6 oz · treatment criminal · term Level 2 drug misdemeanor · prison min 3 months · prison 364 days · fine 1000, over 6 oz · treatment criminal · term Level 1 drug misdemeanor · prison min 6 months · prison 18 months · fine 5000
Amendment 64 (November 2012) legalised adult use; the first licensed shops opened on 1 January 2014.[@2,5] [Colorado and Washington legalised in 2012.](/history/us-colorado-washington-2012/) [The first licensed shops opened in 2014.](/history/us-colorado-first-shops-2014/)
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