Colorado’s personal possession limit for marijuana has been two ounces since 2021, but the daily sales limit at recreational dispensaries remains one ounce. Westword
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Colorado’s recreational marijuana sales limit would double if a new bill in the state legislature passes. And that’s not the only change proponents are aiming for.
Although Colorado’s limit for personal possession of marijuana has been two ounces since 2021, the daily sales limit at recreational dispensaries remains one ounce (or eight grams of concentrated products or edibles infused with 800 milligrams of THC). According to Southeast Cannabis Company partner Chuck Smith, rules like these are holding Colorado marijuana businesses back.
"This is an opportunity to incrementally increase revenue and not violate the rules. Why, if I can possess two ounces, can’t I go into a dispensary and buy two ounces?" Smith says. "When I go to the grocery store, I don’t go in one day to buy bread and one day to buy milk and one day to buy orange juice, I buy what I need to — if I can."
When legislators increased the possession limit for adults 21-and-up, the law didn’t extend to recreational sales (medical marijuana patients can buy up to two ounces at a time, however). The Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, responsible for overseeing the state’s pot industry, has been allowed to increase the recreational sales limit since the 2021 law passed, but the MED hasn’t raised the issue.
Smith, who is also the president of cannabis trade group Colorado Leads, says he and the marijuana business owners he represents are done waiting on the state licensing authority. After a bill passed last year that streamlines a handful of operational regulations, he thinks Colorado is ready for a higher marijuana sales limit and looser rules surrounding employee registration, record-keeping, video surveillance and product sampling, among other things.
If House Bill 25-1209 passes, the Colorado marijuana lobby can correct many of these inefficiencies, he argues."The concept of regulatory efficiency and streamlining is a multi-year process. We always knew that each year we were going to try to do a little bit more, to sort […]
Cannabis Industry Wants to Double Dispensary Purchase Limit, Allow Free Samples
