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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:30:51+00:00

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CO Retail Exclusivity: Only a retail marijuana store may sell retail marijuana and retail marijuana products. Marijuana may not be acquired from out-of-state.
Homegrow and Production Permitted: An event host may also homegrow marijuana and produce homemade marijuana products for the wedding on Colorado private property, not openly or publicly, according to the homegrow limits; 8 or an event host may receive marijuana items as gifts without remuneration to be used for the wedding (see Gift subsection).
TIP: For homemade marijuana products, stick to the limits of 8g of marijuana concentrate or 800mg of THC in marijuana products so as to stay under the 1 oz. marijuana limit.
Residency/Visitors: CO residency for possession is not required.
Possession Exemption: “Industrial hemp” is exempted from the Controlled Substances Act and all of its penalties, 5 and thus a person may possess an unlimited amount of “industrial hemp,” which includes marijuana with up to a 0.3% THC concentration, and products made from it, including topical products, with no restrictions.
Consumption Permitted: Consumption (which includes smoking and ingestion of an edible) may occur on private property, with the approval of the property owner; 18 Consumption may not occur “openly and publicly,” which generally means not in a public place.
Local governments have defined “openly and publicly” and have included restrictions on public consumption.
While Denver has some of the most restrictive public consumption laws in the state, neighboring localities, such as Glendale and unincorporated Adams County, are permissive to state-compliant public consumption events.
Private property includes other types of property (those that are not considered “openly and publicly”), and includes private residences, especially where the property owner clearly holds it out as private property.
Federal Land Prohibited: Consumption on federal land, including national parks, national forests, and ski slopes, also remains illegal, and most risky, because of the likelihood federal law enforcement interactions.
Local Law Applies Too: Localities have also passed local smoking laws with additional restrictions. This could mean that any consumption done indoors in front of workers employed for the wedding, even in a venue that is a private residence, could be disallowed by the CCIAA.
TIP: The event host should check with the city or county on its definition of “openly and publicly” since that policy will be determinative.
TIP: Where a privately owned business on private property that generally allows walkin customers fully rents out all of its space to the wedding, post signs on ALL entrances that the business is CLOSED for a private party and do not permit consumption in an area that is clearly observable from a public place. To ensure that there is no access to the space by the public, the event host may want to post monitors at all entrances to restrict entry to invited guests.
TIP: If only a neighbor in his residence next door can see indoor consumption through the side window of a private residence, that consumption would arguably be allowed and would not be “clearly observable from a public place” because a next door neighbor is not the public nor in a public place. However, if a passerby on the street could see the indoor consumption, it would be “clearly observable from a public place” and prohibited by those localities with that definition, unless the windows were opaque or the shades drawn throughout the event.
Interstate Travel and Intrastate Air Travel Prohibited: Marijuana may not be transported to another state or from out-of-state. 56 This includes not flying with marijuana out of a Colorado airport.
Denver Airport posts signs stating that violators face a $999 fine if caught with marijuana.
The Colorado Springs Airport prohibits flying with marijauna but provides “amnesty boxes” in which passengers can anonymously discard their marijuana before boarding a flight without facing any civil or criminal penalty or missing their flight.
(iv) a mix of these products that does not exceed the equivalent of 1 oz. of retail marijuana.
Transferring or dispensing more than 1oz but less than 2oz is a“drug petty offense” and not deemed dispensing or sale thereof. 15 Exceeding the 2oz limitation is punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Gifting Exemption: “Industrial hemp 16” is exempted from the Controlled Substances Act and all of its penalties, 17 and thus a person may gift an unlimited amount of “industrial hemp,” marijuana with up to a 0.3% THC concentration, and products made from it, including high-CBD products, with no restrictions. This includes nonedible, nonpsychoactive retail marijuana products, like ointments, lotions, balms, and other nontransdermal topical products, which have no retail marijuana store transaction restrictions.
If a caterer is used, it may provide food service, but not alcohol. 39 The event host must instead provide the alcohol.
BYOC Permitted: A beauty salon owner may allow the event host and other adults to bring their own legal amount of recreational marijuana and consume it indoors, where it is not “clearly observable from a public place,” (if that requirement applies), and where the entire property is truly closed off for the private party. The owner should put a sign on any entrance saying, “CLOSED for a private affair” and a phone number for customers to call with questions.
Edibles Permitted: The CCIAA would not affect the legality of consuming edibles inside the beauty shop.
Liquor Unclear: whether alcohol may be served in addition to marijuana depends on whether the local jurisdiction considers a business with a liquor license or permit to be a “public place” – the event host should check with the local jurisdiction.
TIP: The event host should contact the local public health staff to confirm whether particular salon qualifies for an exemption under the CCIAA’s prohibition on indoor smoking, due to the small number of employees.
TIP: The event host should contact the local public health staff to confirm whether a private residence or hotel suite constitutes a “place of employment” while a stylist is employed there. 43 If deemed a “place of employment,” while the employee is there, the event host and other adults could smoke marijuana while the stylist is not in the room, and clear the air each time with fans.
TIP: Ask stylists to travel and perform styling services for the event host and other adults in a private hotel suite or private residence that allows for marijuana consumption on site, so long as the stylist does not sell any marijuana. Consumption of free alcohol in this room is also allowed.
Room Interiors: Hotel owners may allow recreational marijuana consumption within the privacy of an individual’s hotel room. The CCIAA affirmatively allows the owner of a hotel to designate up to 25% of its rooms as “smoking” rooms, where smoking marijuana is allowed. 44 Event host should ascertain hotel policies.
A hotel room would not be considered to be a public place if such a local restriction existed.
Room Balconies: Marijuana consumption on hotel balconies is not permitted if the balconies are “clearly observable from a public place,” including the street and hotel hallways and lobbies, in localities such as Denver that have that requirement. 45 In those localities, outdoor marijuana consumption visible from a public place will also be prohibited.
Purchased Edibles Permitted: The event host and other assisting adults may also purchase up to 800mg of THC of edible retail marijuana products (per person), at a retail marijuana store and each bring them to the cannabar for gifting (not sale) to adult guests. Only a retail marijuana store may sell edibles. All other edibles must be gifted.
Marijuana Surcharge Prohibited: An assisting chef should charge his standard rate to the event host for the non-marijuana ingredients and for his time in cooking them, but he CANNOT add any fees for his time spent working with the marijuana or any fee reflecting the price of the marijuana. It is least risky for the chef to truly gift the edibles to the event host, and to charge no fee at all for their preparation, as only retail marijuana stores are allowed to sell edibles.
Public View Prohibited: All edibles must be consumed on private property, and not in public view.
TIP: Homemade marijuana processor should not exceed concentration limits observed by licensed retail marijuana stores, not only staying under 800mg of THC in total edibles, but also dividing up the edibles such each single serving only contains 10mg of THC. 63 He should accurately measure the THC content before gifting the edibles to.
TIP: Neither the event host nor a chef should produce edibles using an “inherently hazardous substance.” This is any liquid chemical, compressed gas, or commercial product that has a flash point at or lower than 38* Celsius or 100* Fahrenheit, including butane, propane, and diethyl ether but excluding all forms of alcohol and ethanol. 64 It is least risky to only use low-risk cooking substances such as butter or oil.
TIP: Like food and wine pairing, you can select cannabis strains or edibles to pair with your food and wine menu.
Marijuana Surcharge Prohibited: A florist should charge their standard rate to the event host for the flowers and for their time in arranging the bouquet, but they may not add any additional fees for time spent working with the marijuana or any fee reflecting the price of the marijuana. It is least risky for the florist to truly gift the arrangements to the event host, and to charge no fee at all for their preparation.
TIP: Protect minors. The concept of a marijuana flower arrangement may contradict the security measures taken to keep marijuana separate from non-consuming or minor wedding guests, either on an adult’s person, behind a canna-bar, or in the consumption area.
SALE Prohibited: NO SALE OF MARIJUANA MAY OCCUR at the CannaBar.
Service/Function: A canna-bar may function such that each assisting adult may bring the 1 oz. to the canna-bar, and he may distribute it by himself or with a budtender, until it is given away, and then another assisting adult may take his place. Groups of possessing adults may give away marijuana to guests at the same time, as long as who possesses what marijuana is clearly delineated.
Budtenders: An adult budtender who is employed at a licensed marijuana business must obey all recreational marijuana laws or regulations. While he may not gift marijuana at a liquor-licensed location, there does not appear to be a prohibition under the recreational marijuana laws in his budtending in his private time and assisting with gifting no more than 1 oz. of legally grown, gifted or purchased marijuana to an adult at a canna-bar at a private event. 69 The marijuana retailer employee should avoid transporting any marijuana to the event.
Budtender Compensation/CCIAA Compliance: If the event host sought to pay the budtender for his services, and consumption occurs around him, it is possible it might violate the CCIAA, which prohibits smoking in a “place of employment.” 70 Thus, exemptions to the CCIAA likely apply.
TIP: An event host and others risk the least possible liability by having each individual possess only 1 oz. of retail marijuana or its equivalent on their persons at all times until it has been given away, assisting with the canna-bar in turn.
TIP: A consumption tent outside the venue with a budtender paid under separate contract from other wedding staff could qualify as a “private residence,” “the outdoor area of any business,” and the “place of employment that is not open to the public and that is under the control of an employer that employs three of fewer employees” exemptions to the “place of employment” restriction under the CCIAA.
TIP: the event host should post signs that read: “Retail marijuana or retail marijuana products May Not Be Consumed In Public” at the canna-bar, and at every exit.
Exceeding the 2oz limitation is punishable as a Class 2 misdemeanor.
Gifting Exemption: “Industrial hemp 16” is exempted from the Controlled Substances Act and all of its penalties, 17 and thus a person may gift an unlimited amount of “industrial hemp,” marijuana with up to a 0.3% THC concentration, and products made from it, including high-CBD products, with no restrictions. This includes non-edible, non-psychoactive retail marijuana products, like ointments, lotions, balms, and other non-transdermal topical products, which have no retail marijuana store transaction restrictions.
General Prohibition: A minor may not possess retail marijuana and no adult at the event may deliver marijuana to a minor. 71 No adult should consume marijuana in front of a minor.
Responsibility: Like serving alcohol, it is the responsibility of the event hosts & parents to make sure that minors are distanced from and have no access to marijuana.
TIP: Specify on the invitation that minors will not be permitted to attend the wedding; maintain entrance security to ensure this.
Mentioning on the invitation that adults intending to possess or use marijuana should bring photo identification.
Create a private 21+ section for the canna-bar and all marijuana consumption so as to avoid minors being exposed to smoke or acquiring marijuana. A fully enclosed tent outside, with consumption protected from public view may be best, so as to remove any possibility of smoke reaching a minor.
TIP: A partitioned limousine with tinted windows or mobile home with drawn shades parked in an allowable place would also segment consumption away from minors (See Taxis & Limos section).
TIP: Avoid violation of “public view” and “odor” laws by gifting cannabis to vendors and guests in child-proof & odor-proof packaging.
EDIBLES: Start Low and Go Slow!
Guests that are new to edibles should consume no more than 3-5mg of THC.
It may take up to 2 hours to START feeling the effects of cannabis edibles.
“Delivery” is the transfer, actually or constructively, from one person to another of marijuana. C.R.S. § 18-18-102 (7).
“Edible Retail Marijuana Product” means any Retail Marijuana Product which is intended to be consumed orally, including but not limited to, any type of food, drink, or pill. It includes a Liquid Edible Retail Marijuana Product and a Sub-Lingual Edible Retail Marijuana Product, which is 2 oz. or less of liquid per package, contain 5 mg or less of active THC per serving, utilize a dropper or spray delivery method and are intended to be placed under the tongue. 1 CCR 212-1, R 103.
“Industrial hemp” means the plant of the genus cannabis and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta‐9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three‐tenths percent on a dry weight basis. CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (d).
“Marijuana concentrate” means hashish, tetrahydrocannabinols, or any alkaloid, salt, derivative, preparation, compound, or mixture, whether natural or synthesized, of tetrahydrocannabinols. C.R.S. § 18-18-102 (19).
“Remuneration” means anything of value, including money, real property, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, choses in action, services, and any rights of use or employment or promises or agreements connected therewith.” C.R.S. § 18-18-102 (31).
“Place of employment” is any enclosed area or portion thereof under the control of an employer in which employees of the employer perform services for, or on behalf of, the employer. C.R.S. § 25-14-203 (10),(12).
“Retail Marijuana Concentrate” means a specific subset of Retail Marijuana that was produced by extracting cannabinoids from Retail Marijuana. It includes Water-Based Retail Marijuana Concentrate (extraction using only water, ice or dry ice), Food-Based Retail Marijuana Concentrate (extraction using propylene glycol, glycerin, butter, olive oil or other typical cooking fats) and Solvent-Based Retail Marijuana Concentrate (extraction using a solvent approved by the Division pursuant to Rule R 605). 1 CCR 212-1, R 103.
“Retail Marijuana Product” means a product that is comprised of Retail Marijuana and other ingredients and is intended for use or consumption, such as, but not limited to, edible product, ointments and tinctures. 1 CCR 212-1, R 103.
(iii) a budtender who is a retail marijuana store employee.
City and county law enforcement, and occasionally the Colorado State Police, are the enforcement authorities for all other conduct by non-licensees that occur outside marijuana businesses.
1 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (19). 1 CCR 212‐1, R 103. CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (k) 1 CCR 212‐1, R 103. 1 CCR 212‐1, R 103.
2 Possession in excess of those quantities is illegal, punishable by a level 4 felony, or level 1 or 2 misdemeanors. 18‐18‐406(4),(5). CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(a). “ One ounce of Retail Marijuana flower shall be equivalent to eight grams of Retail Marijuana Concentrate. b. One ounce of Retail Marijuana flower shall be equivalent to 80 ten‐milligram servings of THC in Retail Marijuana Product.” 1 CCR 212‐2, R 402 (C), Proposed Rules (Aug. 26, 2016) https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/20160826_RetailRuleRedlinesHearing.pdf. http://durangogreenery.com/news/new‐year‐means‐new‐rules‐for‐colorado‐marijuana‐sales‐limits.
3 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (g), (4)(a). C.R.S. § 18‐18‐426 (2).
4 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(b). C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐103 (2). https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/marijuana/home‐grow‐laws. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/marijuanainfodenver/marijuana‐retailers‐home‐growers.
5 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (d).
6 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. (3) (a) (I). CCR 212‐2, R 402 (C), Proposed Rules (Aug. 26, 2016) https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/20160826_RetailRuleRedlinesHearing.pdf.
7 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. (3) (a) (I). CCR 212‐2, R 402 (C), Proposed Rules (Aug. 26, 2016) https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/20160826_RetailRuleRedlinesHearing.pdf.
8 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(b).
9 “Industrial hemp” means the plant of the genus cannabis and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta‐9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed three‐tenths percent on a dry weight basis. CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (d).
10 “A retail marijuana store may not sell more than one ounce of retail marijuana or its equivalent in retail marijuana products, including retail marijuana concentrate, except for nonedible, nonpsychoactive retail marijuana products, including ointments, lotions, balms, and other nontransdermal topical products during a single transaction to a person.” C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. (3) (a) (I).
12 Localities that allow retail marijuana businesses. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/Local%20Authorities%20Allowing%20Retail%200815 2016_4.pdf.
13 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (31).
14 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (7).C.R.S. § 12‐43.3‐901(2). CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(c).
15 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406 (c). C.R.S. § 18‐1.3‐501.
16 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. (3) (a) (I).
17 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (2) (d).
o Private property includes other types of property (those that are not considered “openly and publicly”), and includes private residences, especially where the property owner clearly holds it out as private property.
25 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402 (9). C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐901 (1), (4)(c).
26 C.R.S. § 25‐14‐201 et seq. C.R.S. § 25‐14‐203 (16). http://www.edgewaterco.com/index.asp?SEC=38436C56‐EA59‐499B‐9765‐ AD1311CFAE24&DE=C410104F‐9992‐4035‐8A29‐DCD8DC4EF92F&Type=B_BASIC.
27 The CCIAA does not use the term “public place” and instead just includes a very broad list of places in C.R.S. § 25‐14‐204.
28 C.R.S. § 25‐14‐203 (10),(12).
33 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(a).
35 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § (6)(d).
37 C.R.S. § 25‐14‐203 (10),(12).
38 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (31).
42 C.R.S. §§ 25‐14‐203 (10),(12). C.R.S. § 25‐14‐205(1).
45 Denver Revised Municipal Code, § 38‐175. https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis‐101/public‐ consumption‐laws‐a‐state‐by‐state‐guide.
47 Denver Revised Municipal Code, § 38‐175.
48 C.R.S. § 42‐4‐1305.5(2)(b)(I), (II).
52 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(a).
53 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (6)(b). C.R.S. § 42‐4‐1301(1)(a),(b),(f),(g).
54 C.R.S. § 42‐4‐1301 (6) (a)(IV).
57 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. (7)(c).
58 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(a). 1 CCR 212‐2, R 402 (C), Proposed Rules (Aug. 26, 2016) https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/20160826_RetailRuleRedlinesHearing.pdf. 1 CCR 212‐1, R 103. C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406(2) CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(b), C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406.6 (1) https://www.coloradopotguide.com/what‐to‐do/marijuana‐activities/#cannabis‐cooking.
59 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(c).
61 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(b).
62 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (31).
64 It is punishable by a level 2 felony. C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406.6.
65 CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(c).
66 C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406 (5)(b) (I).
67 “’Renumeration’ means anything of value, including money, real property, tangible and intangible personal property, contract rights, choses in action, services, and any rights of use or employment or promises or agreements connected therewith.” C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (31).
68 C.R.S. §18‐18‐102 (7).C.R.S. § 18‐18‐406 (c). C.R.S. § 12‐43.3‐901(2)(a). C.R.S. § 18‐1.3‐501. “CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (3)(c). C.R.S. § 18‐18‐102 (31).
70 C.R.S. § 25‐14‐203 (10),(12). C.R.S. § 25‐14‐205(1).
71 “Nothing in this section is intended to permit the transfer of marijuana, with or without remuneration, to a person under the age of twenty‐one or to allow a person under the age of twenty‐one to purchase, possess, use, transport, grow, or consume marijuana.” CO Constitution, Article XVIII, § 16 (6)(c).
72 C.R.S. § 12‐43.4‐402. A retail marijuana store must require the consumer to produce an unexpired form of one of the following: passport, driver’s license, a state identification card, a United States military identification card, or an Indian tribe enrollment card. 1 CCR 212‐1, R 402, 404.
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