Colorado legal term
Personal use in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Personal use” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Personal use” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Personal use" means the consumption or use of natural medicine or natural medicine product; or the amount of natural medicine or natural medicine product a person may lawfully possess, cultivate, or manufacture that is necessary to share with another person who is twenty-one years of age or older within the context of counseling, spiritual guidance, beneficial community-based use and healing, supported use, or related services. (C.R.S. § 18-18-434)
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