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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 44. Activities Regulated by the Department of Revenue § 44-50-102. Legislative declaration

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(a) The people of Colorado approved statutory measures that, in part, intended to ensure that people in Colorado have access to regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product;

(b) The department is uniquely suited to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storing, distribution, transportation, transferring, and dispensation of regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product because of its experience and existing resources in regulating alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana; and

(c) It is necessary to entrust the regulation of the cultivation, manufacturing, testing, storing, distribution, transportation, transferring, and dispensation of regulated natural medicine and regulated natural medicine product to the department in order to implement the regulatory measures in a manner that honors the intent of the people, promotes public trust, supports the integrity and sustainability of the regulatory measures, and ensures regulatory efficiency.

(2) The general assembly declares that this article 50 is deemed an exercise of the police powers of the state for the protection of the economic and social welfare and the health, peace, and morals of the people of this state.

(3) The general assembly declares that it is unlawful under state law to cultivate, manufacture, test, store, distribute, transport, transfer, and dispense natural medicine or natural medicine product, except in compliance with the terms, conditions, limitations, and restrictions in this article 50; rules promulgated pursuant to this article 50; article 170 of title 12; rules promulgated pursuant to article 170 of title 12; title 16; title 18; article 1.5 of title 25; and rules promulgated pursuant to article 1.5 of title 25.

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