Opinion ID: 1406050
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Heading: Free Speech Under the Colorado Constitution

Text: The appellants also argue that section 18-13-119 intrudes on speech protected by section 10 of article II of the Colorado Constitution. Section 10 provides broader protection for freedom of speech than does the first amendment to the United States Constitution. People ex rel. Tooley v. Seven Thirty-Five East Colfax, Inc., 697 P.2d 348, 356 (Colo.1985). Section 10 provides: No law shall be passed impairing the freedom of speech; every person shall be free to speak, write or publish whatever he will on any subject, being responsible for all abuse of that liberty.... The restrictions on commercial speech are within its scope. Williams v. City & County of Denver, 622 P.2d 542, 546 (Colo. 1981). In High Gear & Toke Shop v. Beacom, 689 P.2d 624 (Colo.1984), we rejected a due process challenge to the drug paraphernalia statute under both the Colorado and United States Constitutions. We held the statute to be neither overbroad nor vague because the statute only affects commercial speech related to illegal activities, id. at 630, and therefore did not infringe upon constitutional rights, id. at 635. For the same reason, we conclude that section 18-13-119 does not infringe upon the appellants' freedom of speech under section 10 of article II of the Colorado Constitution.