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    Colorado (Jurisdiction Profile)

    Jurisdiction Identity

    Field Value
    State Colorado (CO)
    Country United States
    Primary cannabis authority Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED), Colorado Department of Revenue
    Official website https://med.colorado.gov/
    Open-data portal https://data.colorado.gov
    Last verified 2026-08-09

    Current Cannabis Framework

    Dimension Status
    Adult-use possession Permitted (21+; up to 2 oz in public, more at home)
    Adult-use commercial sales Operational (first retail market in the U.S., January 2014)
    Medical cannabis Regulated program (Amendment 20, 2000)
    Home cultivation Permitted (up to 6 plants per person, 3 mature; 12 per household)
    Hemp relationship Hemp regulated separately under the Colorado Department of Agriculture hemp program

    Regulatory Overview

    Colorado was the first U.S. state to regulate adult-use cannabis retail (Amendment 64, 2012; sales from January 2014). The Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) of the Department of Revenue licenses cultivation, product manufacturing, testing facilities, and retail. The medical program dates to 2000 (Amendment 20). Traceability runs through METRC.

    Regulator History

    • 2000: Amendment 20 establishes the medical cannabis program.
    • 2012: Amendment 64 legalizes adult use; the MED is established within the Department of Revenue.
    • 2014: First adult-use retail sales in the United States (January 2014).
    • Present: MED publishes rules (1 CCR 212-3) and a quarterly market dashboard derived from METRC.

    Licensing Categories

    Cultivation (A–E tiers), product manufacturing (infused products), testing facility, retail store, and transporter (with dual-license options). The licensee lookup tool publishes licensed facilities.

    Testing Laboratory Framework

    • Rules: Regulated Marijuana Rules, 1 CCR 212-3; laboratory testing requirements codified by the MED.
    • Contaminant limits: Set in 1 CCR 212-3 testing panels (microbiological, mycotoxins, pesticides, heavy metals, residual solvents, moisture/water activity, potency).
    • Lab registry: MED licensed facilities list / licensee lookup.
    • Public results: No public per-batch numeric results; the MED publishes aggregate market data only.

    Data Surface

    Data surface Available? Official source Machine-readable? Notes
    License registry yes MED Licensed Facilities + Licensee Lookup; data.colorado.gov view 93ae-ftjz (href view) partial Socrata view is an href link into the MED lookup; no full-table dump
    Testing-laboratory registry partial MED licensed facilities list no Part of license records
    Laboratory testing rules yes 1 CCR 212-3 no Regulated Marijuana Rules
    Contaminant/action limits yes 1 CCR 212-3 panels no Testing panels in regulation
    Recalls/advisories partial MED enforcement + Final Administrative Enforcement Actions no No structured recall feed found
    Product/package identifiers partial METRC-based no Traceability only; no public registry
    COAs/batch results no public source located — — Per-batch results are not public
    Sales data yes data.colorado.gov: Sales by County j7a3-jgd3, Sales Revenue p6y8-s74x, Tax Revenue v9m8-x8dh / qvd3-njpu, Tax & Fee Revenue 3sm5-jtur yes Socrata SODA + CSV exports; monthly, 2014–present
    Plant inventory partial METRC-derived quarterly dashboard no Aggregate-only market update
    Open-data downloads yes data.colorado.gov yes Socrata SODA API
    Traceability yes METRC no Seed-to-sale

    Recalls / Advisories

    MED publishes enforcement activity and final administrative enforcement actions. No structured machine-readable recall feed was located (verified 2026-08-08).

    Data-Ingestion Opportunities

    1. SocrataSource adapter for data.colorado.gov (sales/tax/revenue datasets — cheapest high-value ingestion).
    2. License registry via MED licensee lookup; the 93ae-ftjz Socrata view is an href view that must be resolved to the lookup tool, not treated as tabular data.
    3. Quarterly METRC-derived market dashboard as aggregate signal (dashboard-only; not counted as a machine-readable source).

    Sources & Provenance

    • Statutory framework: Amendment 64 (2012, adult use); Amendment 20 (2000, medical); Regulated Marijuana Rules 1 CCR 212-3.
    • Regulator: MED — https://med.colorado.gov/
    • Open data: data.colorado.gov (views verified live 2026-08-08; see docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md §3.2).
    • Retrieval date: 2026-08-09

    Graph Connections

    No existing repository entities are linked to Colorado. Future dataset/license records generated by a Colorado adapter should add relates_to=jurisdictions/TJUR-0006 per the California pattern.