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Colorado state law allows cannabis consumption on private property unless otherwise prohibited by the property owner.

Owners of rental properties have the authority to ban both possession and consumption of cannabis products on their premises. As a home rule state, Colorado cities and counties can also take their own steps to limit or expand where consumption is allowed within their borders.

Public consumption in Colorado is prohibited, unless at a licensed marijuana hospitality business. In 2019 the state authorized licensed consumption spaces, such as smoking lounges, contingent on approval from local licensing authorities. 

Several cities, including Denver, Black Hawk and Longmont have created their own hospitality licenses, though public consumption is still strictly prohibited by the latter, making it illegal for these businesses to operate.

In 2012, Colorado passed Amendment 64, legalizing the possession and consumption of cannabis for adults 21 and older statewide.

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Colorado Revised Statutes, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Laws about cannabis use, Colorado Cannabis, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Business and property owners, Colorado Cannabis, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Colorado Revised Statutes, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Marijuana Hospitality Establishments, Colorado General Assembly, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Denver Municipal Code, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Black Hawk Municipal Code, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Longmont Code of Ordinances, accessed July 2025. Source link.

Longmont cannabis lounges, pot spas in limbo, Boulder Weekly, June 25, 2025. Source link.

Constitution of the State of Colorado, Article XVIII Miscellaneous, accessed July 2025. Source link.

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Tyler has spent the last three years reporting on the environment, culture and local government in Colorado. Most recently, he spent time as a staff reporter and photographer for Boulder Weekly, where he covered the rapidly growing city of Longmont...