Colorado probationers grapples with new marijuana law
For 15 years, medical marijuana has been legal in Colorado — but not for those on probation. The law has been tested at legal heights reaching the Colorado Court of Appeals. In the 2012 case People v. Watkins, the court ruled that offenses found to be illegal under federal law qualify as violations of probation. It also ruled that no Colorado law protects against prohibiting probationers from using pot — not even Amendment 20, which legalized medical use of marijuana in 2000.
That is no longer the case thanks House Bill 1267, which was championed by Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, during the recent legislative session and signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper in May. The new law states that unless a defendant is sentenced to probation for a crime committed under the medical-marijuana statutes, or the probation office finds that "a prohibition against the possession or
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