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Watch: Should Colorado legalize marijuana events?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 09:55


Colorado regularly hosts big marijuana-themed events, but it remains illegal to sell pot in any location other than a licensed store.

One state lawmaker hopes to change that by creating a new kind of license to allow pot to be lawfully sold (and possibly consumed) on-site at special events only open to people over the age of 21.

“Amendment 64 asked us to regulate marijuana like alcohol,” said bill sponsor Rep. Dominick Moreno (D-Commerce City.) “The bill creates the exact same special use permit process that we already have for alcohol.”

Moreno’s bill, HB 1092, would make the state permits subject to local government approval and allow on-site marijuana sales from 9am-midnight at events.

Public consumption of pot is illegal in Colorado, though it regularly occurs at pot-themed gatherings. Moreno says local jurisdictions would have say over...

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