Rules For Legal Recreational Marijuana Sales Announced In Colorado

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The Colorado Department of Revenue released a 60-plus page report Monday detailing the rules of how recreational marijuana should be licensed, regulated and sold in Colorado.

The recreational marijuana dispensaries in Colorado will be regulated by the state revenue department.

The state department report sets very specific rules for recreational marijuana in Colorado from licensing to how a retail marijuana store should operate to how retail grow operations should function to marijuana testing to marketing and to labeling of marijuana products.

Safe product testing and proper labeling were two of the key areas the Department of Revenue needed to provide rules on by today’s deadline and the report provides ample detail.

Labels must conform to the specific language requirements of the state including information on potency, amount of THC in the medical marijuana product, a clear set of instructions on how to properly use the product, a complete list of nonorganic pesticides, fungicides and herbicides used during cultivation and much more depending on the type of product which can range from marijuana buds for smoking, a marijuana-laced food or a THC-concentrate like a marijuana “wax.”