Colorado NORML

12/19/2025

Thoughts?

Reclassification could change how the drug is regulated.

10/22/2025

We stand in strong support of the Supreme Court reviewing this case. For too long, responsible medical cannabis patients have been forced to choose between their health and their constitutional rights.

Here in Colorado and across 38 states, patients use medical cannabis legally to manage chronic pain, PTSD, or disabilities — yet under outdated federal law, they’re labeled as ‘unlawful drug users’ and denied their Second Amendment rights. That’s not justice, that’s discrimination.

This hearing is about more than cannabis. It’s about fairness, safety, and recognizing that people who follow state law and medical advice shouldn’t lose fundamental freedoms. Federal policy needs to catch up with science, with compassion, and with the will of the American people. Federal law still treats cancer survivors and veterans as ‘drug users’ simply because their doctors recommended cannabis — that’s outdated and unfair. 80 % of Americans believe federal cannabis law should align with state law with 2/3rds of voters saying medical cannabis patients should retain firearm rights as any other law-abiding citizen.

It’s time to modernize our laws so patients in legal medical ma*****na 38 states aren’t punished for their medicine — and so rights are protected equally for all “Patients shouldn’t have to choose between their medicine cabinet and their gun cabinet. The Supreme Court now has a chance to restore constitutional rights for millions of responsible, law-abiding Americans.”
Ashley Weber, Executive Director of Colorado NORML

Ma*****na users and gun owners are not hard to find in Colorado. Now both communities are watching the U.S. Supreme Court, which will consider whether regular pot users can legally own guns.

04/09/2025

Denver Ma*****na Code on Wednesday, April 16 at 1:30 p.m.

The *****na proposed ordinance updates include:

-Align Denver's social equity criteria with new state criteria.
Remove the prohibition on existing medical ma*****na stores adding a retail license within 1,000 feet of a school.

-Remove the mandatory hearing requirement for ma*****na stores, hospitality businesses, and hospitality and sales businesses to allow the EXL executive director to require a hearing in their discretion, which might reduce costs associated with licensing for some businesses.

=Remove the requirement to send final decisions via certified mail and allow customers to opt in to digital communications to reduce city expenses and modernize licensing communications.

-Allow court-appointed receivers to take licensing actions.

You can attend this meeting at the City and County Building (1437 Bannock St.). The meeting will take place in room 391. You can also attend the meeting remotely using this link below. The password is Denver. To call in to listen, dial 720-928-9299 and enter ID number 911 9487 1240. The meeting will be broadcast on Denver's municipal access television station.

There will be time for public comment. You must sign up if you want to provide public comment. Sign-ups end one hour before the committee meeting. Learn more about providing public comment at a committee meeting and sign up below.

03/18/2025

Great News Colorado!

Most notably, the bill sought to raise the legal age to purchase ma*****na products with more than 10% tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) potency to 26 from 21.

03/11/2025

SB25-076 Bill is Postponed INDEFINITELY! ❤️❤️

03/11/2025

Remember to send your letter in opposition of Senate Bill 25-076 to all the committee members who will be hearing this bill tomorrow with a click of the button here...
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/subject-urgent-oppose-sb25-076-support-true-social-equity-reform?source=direct_link&

Dear Colorado NORML Members, I hope this email finds you well. It has been some time since our last communication, and I sincerely apologize for the delay. Our organization has been undergoing restructuring, and we appreciate your patience as we work to strengthen our advocacy efforts. As part of th...

03/07/2025

Who's available to testify on Tuesday?

Opposition to SB25-076 – Restrictive Ma*****na Regulations and Social Equity Expansion

Opening Statement:

Expresses strong opposition to SB25-076.

Acknowledges support for responsible regulation and consumer safety but argue that the bill overreaches in ways harmful to businesses and most importantly, consumers.

Concerns with Restrictive Ma*****na Regulations:

1. THC Potency Limits:

• Arbitrary cap of 10% THC for individuals under 25.

• No conclusive scientific basis for the restriction.

• Risks pushing younger consumers to the illicit market with no safety oversight.

2. Flavor Ban on Inhaled Ma*****na Products:

• Unfairly targets cannabis while flavored to***co and alcohol remain available.

• Restricts consumer choice without valid justification.

3. Serving Size Labeling for Inhaled Products:

• Misguided comparison to edible consumption.

• Ignores individual tolerance and medical needs of users.

• Creates confusion rather than clarity and increases costs.

4. Restrictions on Natural Medicine Products:

• Ban on gummies, chocolates, and other confections limits safe and controlled consumption options.

• Prohibiting non-oral ingestion methods disproportionately harms patients relying on alternative delivery methods.

Concerns with Social Equity Program Expansion:

• Supports expanding economic opportunities for disadvantaged individuals.

• Broadening the program beyond the cannabis industry undermines its original intent.

•Program was meant to address harms from the War on Drugs—expanding it diverts resources from those most affected.

Closing Statement:

• SB25-076 creates undue burdens on the legal cannabis industry.

• Limits consumer choice and expands regulatory overreach without sufficient justification.

02/28/2025

SB25-076 - Intoxicating Substances and Social Equity Businesses - IS POSTPONED!!!❤️

02/28/2025

Being heard next week!!! ACTION NEEDED. This is a bad bill that could impact your rights. It prohibits anyone under 26 from buying full potency products on the recreational market. It calls for complete repackaging of all rec products making it even more costly. It also impacts psychedelics.

Make sure you submit testimony or testify in the hearing. Submit written testimony or sign up for remote testimony here: https://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2025A/commsumm.nsf/NewSignIn.xsp

Hearing is Tuesday, March 4 in the Old Supreme Court at 2pm MST.

Read the bill here: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-076

EMAIL the Committee members here: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

02/17/2025

"The city of Colorado Springs can go ahead with a question to repeal the recent recreational ma*****na ballot measure, an El Paso County District Court judge ruled Wednesday afternoon. However, the city must change the wording of what's on the ballot to avoid confusing voters."

The city of Colorado Springs can go ahead with a question to repeal the recent recreational ma*****na ballot measure, an El Paso County District Court judge ruled Wednesday afternoon. However, the city must change the wording of what's on the ballot to avoid confusing voters. District Court Judge Hi...

02/12/2025

"El Paso County District Judge Hilary Gurney on Monday placed an injunction on the city, prohibiting it from referring a measure to the April 1 ballot. If passed, that measure would effectively reverse the voters’ will on Ballot Question 300, which allows medical ma*****na stores in Colorado Springs to start selling recreational pot."

Tom Scudder, president of the Colorado Springs Cannabis Association, told The Denver Post Tuesday that the industry is “delighted” by the ruling.

El Paso County District Judge Hilary Gurney on Monday placed an injunction on the city, prohibiting it from referring a measure to the April 1 ballot.

02/07/2025

- Please read and with this Action Alert SB25-076. Feel free to write your own letter or there's one written ready to send, just please add your own personal touch.

Thank you to those in advance!❤️

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