2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 18 - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT OF 2013 (§§ 18-18-101 — 18-18-607) › Part 4 - OFFENSES AND PENALTIES (§§ 18-18-401 — 18-18-434) › Section 18-18-412.8 - Retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs - unlawful acts - penalty

(1)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1705, § 3, effective July 1, 2006.)
(2)
(a)
A person may not knowingly deliver in or from a store to the same individual during any twenty-four-hour period more than three and six-tenths grams of a methamphetamine precursor drug or a combination of two or more methamphetamine precursor drugs.
(b)
A person may not purchase more than three and six-tenths grams of a methamphetamine precursor drug or a combination of two or more methamphetamine precursor drugs during any twenty-four-hour period.
(c)
It is unlawful for a methamphetamine precursor drug that is offered for retail sale in or from a store to be offered for sale or stored or displayed prior to sale in an area of the store to which the public is allowed access.
(2.5)
(a)
A person may not deliver in a retail sale in or from a store a methamphetamine precursor drug to a minor under eighteen years of age.
(b)
It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this subsection (2.5) that the person performing the retail sale was presented with and reasonably relied upon a document that identified the person receiving the methamphetamine precursor drug as being eighteen years of age or older.
(3)
(a)
A person who knowingly violates a provision of this section commits a level 2 drug misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section
18-1.3-501
.
(b)
A person who is an owner, operator, manager, or supervisor at a store in which, or from which, a retail sale of a methamphetamine precursor drug in violation of this section is made shall not be liable under this section if he or she:
(I)
Did not have knowledge of the sale; and
(II)
Did not participate in the sale; and
(III)
Did not knowingly direct the person making the sale to commit a violation of this section.
(4)
For purposes of this section:
(a)
(I)
Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a), "methamphetamine precursor drug" means ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers.
(II)
"Methamphetamine precursor drug" does not include a substance contained in any package or container that is labeled by the manufacturer as intended for pediatric use.
(b)
"Person" means an individual who owns, operates, is employed by, or is an agent of a store.
(c)
"Store" means any establishment primarily engaged in the sale of goods at retail.
(5)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the discretion of a district attorney to bring charges under this section against a person who also is charged with violating section
18-18-412.7
.
Amended by 2013 Ch. 333, § 21, eff. 10/1/2013.
L. 2005: Entire section added, p. 606, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1) and (2) amended and (2.5) added, p. 1705, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2013: (3)(a) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1922, § 21, effective October 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 2005 act enacting this section, see section 1 of chapter 172, Session Laws of Colorado 2005. For the legislative declaration contained in the 2006 act amending subsections (1) and (2) and enacting subsection (2.5), see section 1 of chapter 341, Session Laws of Colorado 2006.