Title 18, Criminal Code
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-302 Registration requirements - definitions
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(1) Every person who manufactures, distributes, or dispenses any controlled substance within this state, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of any controlled substance within this state, shall obtain annually or biannually, if applicable, a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-303 Registration
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(1) The board or BHA shall register an applicant to manufacture or distribute substances included in schedules I through V unless the board or BHA determines that the issuance of that registration would be inconsistent with the public interest. In determining the public interest,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-304 Suspension or revocation of registration
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(1) The board or BHA may suspend or revoke a registration under section 18-18-303 to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance upon finding that the registrant has: (a) Furnished false or fraudulent material information in any application filed under this part 3…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-305 Order to show cause
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(1) Before denying, suspending, or revoking a registration, or refusing a renewal of registration, the board or BHA shall serve upon the applicant or registrant an order to show cause why registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended, or the renewal refused. The order …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-306 Records of registrants
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Persons registered to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances under this part 3 shall keep records and maintain inventories in conformance with the record keeping and inventory requirements of federal law and with any additional rules adopted by the board or BH…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-307 Order forms
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A substance included in schedule I or II may be distributed by a registrant to another registrant only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of federal law respecting order forms constitutes compliance with this section. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-308 Prescriptions
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(1) As used in this section, medical treatment includes dispensing or administering a narcotic drug for pain, including intractable pain. (2) Except as provided in section 18-18-414, a person may dispense a controlled substance only as provided in this section. (3) (a) Except as …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-309 Diversion prevention and control
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(1) As used in this section, diversion means the transfer of any controlled substance from a licit to an illicit channel of distribution or use. (2) The BHA shall regularly prepare and make available to other state regulatory, licensing, and law enforcement agencies a report on t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-401 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that: (a) The regulation of controlled substances in this state is important and necessary for the preservation of public safety and public health; (b) Meeting the public safety and public health needs of our communities de…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-402 Definitions - terms used
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As used in this part 4, unless this part 4 otherwise provides or unless the context otherwise requires, terms used in this part 4 shall have the same meanings as those set forth in part 1 of this article 18. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 354, � 1, effective July 1. L. 20…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-403 Additional definition
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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Sale includes a barter, an exchange, or a gift, or an offer therefor, and each such transaction made by any person, whether as the principal, proprietor, agent, servant, or employee, with or without remuneration. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-403.5 Unlawful possession of a controlled substance - notice to revisor of statutes - repeal
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(1) Except as authorized by part 1 or 3 of article 280 of title 12, part 2 of article 80 of title 27, section 18-1-711, section 18-18-428 (1)(b), part 2 or 3 of this article 18, section 18-18-434, article 170 of title 12, or article 50 of title 44, it is unlawful for a person kno…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-404 Unlawful use of a controlled substance
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(1) (a) Except as is otherwise provided for offenses concerning marijuana and marijuana concentrate in sections 18-18-406 and 18-18-406.5, or for natural medicine or natural medicine product in section 18-18-434, article 170 of title 12, or article 50 of title 44, any person who …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-405 Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale
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(1) (a) Except as authorized by part 1 of article 280 of title 12, part 2 of article 80 of title 27, part 2 or 3 of this article 18, section 18-18-434, article 170 of title 12, or article 50 of title 44, it is unlawful for any person knowingly to manufacture, dispense, sell, or d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406 Offenses relating to marijuana and marijuana concentrate - definitions
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(1) (a) The sale, transfer, or dispensing of more than two and one-half pounds of marijuana or more than one pound of marijuana concentrate to a minor if the person is an adult and two years older than the minor is a level 1 drug felony subject to the mandatory sentencing provisi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.1 Unlawful use or possession of synthetic cannabinoids or salvia divinorum
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(1) Except as provided in section 25-5-427 or article 10 of title 44, it is unlawful for any person to use or possess any amount of any synthetic cannabinoid or salvia divinorum. (2) A person who violates any provision of subsection (1) of this section commits a level 2 drug misd…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.2 Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, sale, or cultivation of synthetic cannabinoids or salvia divinorum
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(1) Except as provided in section 25-5-427 or article 10 of title 44, it is unlawful for any person knowingly to: (a) Manufacture, dispense, sell, or distribute, or to possess with intent to manufacture, dispense, sell, or distribute, any amount of any synthetic cannabinoid or sa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.3 Medical use of marijuana by persons diagnosed with debilitating medical conditions - unlawful acts - penalty - medical marijuana program cash fund
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) Section 14 of article XVIII of the state constitution was approved by the registered electors of this state at the 2000 general election; (b) Section 14 of article XVIII of the state constitution creates limited excepti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.4 Unlawful advertising of marijuana - exception
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(1) A person who is not licensed to sell medical marijuana or retail marijuana pursuant to article 10 of title 44, or pursuant to the laws regarding medical or retail marijuana under the laws of another state, who knowingly advertises in a newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.5 Unlawful use of marijuana in a detention facility
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(1) A person confined in a detention facility in this state who possesses or uses marijuana commits a level 1 drug misdemeanor. (2) Repealed. (3) For purposes of this section, detention facility means any building, structure, enclosure, vehicle, institution, or place, whether per…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.6 Extraction of marijuana concentrate - definitions
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(1) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed pursuant to article 10 of title 44 to knowingly manufacture marijuana concentrate using an inherently hazardous substance. (2) It shall be unlawful for any person who is not licensed pursuant to article 10 of title 44 wh…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.7 Unlawful possession of cathinones. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1310), ch. 268, p. 1405, � 31, effective June 7. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1917, � 15, effective October 1. 18-18-406.8. Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale of cathinones. (Repeal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.8 Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale of cathinones. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 18-18-406.8Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Servic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-406.9 Unlawful distribution or purchase of dextromethorphan - penalty - preemption - definitions
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(1) It is unlawful for a seller, retailer, or vendor to knowingly or willfully dispense, sell, or distribute a finished drug product containing any quantity of dextromethorphan to a person less than eighteen years of age. (2) (a) A seller, retailer, or vendor making a retail sale…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-407 Special offender - definitions
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(1) A person who commits a felony offense pursuant to this part 4 under any one or more of the following aggravating circumstances commits a level 1 drug felony and is a special offender: (a) The defendant committed the violation as part of a pattern of manufacturing, sale, dispe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-408 Money laundering - illegal investments - penalty. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 364, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section repealed, (HB 10-1081), ch. 256, p. 1141, � 4, effective August 11. 18-18-409. Reduction or suspension of sentence for providing substantial assistance. Notwithstanding any other provision …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-409 Reduction or suspension of sentence for providing substantial assistance
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the district attorney may request the sentencing court to reduce or suspend the sentence of any individual who is convicted of a violation of section 18-18-405 or 18-18-407 (1)(e) and who provides substantial assistance in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-410 Declaration of class 1 public nuisance
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Except as authorized by section 18-18-434, article 170 of title 12, or article 50 of title 44, any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling house, building, vehicle, boat, or aircraft or any place whatsoever that is frequented by controlled substance addicts for the unlawful use of contr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-411 Keeping, maintaining, controlling, renting, or making available property for unlawful distribution or manufacture of controlled substances
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(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to keep, maintain, control, rent, lease, or make available for use any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling, building, vehicle, vessel, aircraft, room, enclosure, or other structure or place, which that person knows is reso…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-412 Abusing toxic vapors - prohibited
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(1) No person shall knowingly smell or inhale the fumes of toxic vapors for the purpose of causing a condition of euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, stupefaction, or dulled senses of the nervous system. No person shall knowingly possess, buy, or use any such substance for the pu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-412.5 Unlawful possession of materials to make methamphetamine and amphetamine - penalty
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that persons are manufacturing methamphetamine and amphetamine using nonprescription drugs that are readily and legally available. The general assembly further finds that it is necessary to make illegal the possession of such nonprescri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-412.7 Sale or distribution of materials to manufacture controlled substances
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(1) A person who sells or distributes chemicals, supplies, or equipment, and who knows or reasonably should know or believes that a person intends to use the chemicals, supplies, or equipment to illegally manufacture a controlled substance violates this section. (1.5) It is not a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-412.8 Retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs - unlawful acts - penalty
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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1705, § 3, effective July 1, 2006.) (2) (a) A person may not knowingly deliver in or from a store to the same individual during any twenty-four-hour period more than three and six-tenths grams of a methamphetamine precursor drug or a combina…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-413 Authorized possession of controlled substances
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A person to whom or for whose use any controlled substance has been prescribed or dispensed by a practitioner may lawfully possess it, but only in the container in which it was delivered to him unless he is able to show that he is the legal owner or a person acting at the directi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-414 Unlawful acts - licenses - penalties
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article 18 or in article 280 of title 12, the following acts are unlawful: (a) The dispensing or possession of a schedule I controlled substance except by a researcher who is registered under federal law to conduct research with that sched…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-415 Fraud and deceit
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(1) (a) No person shall obtain a controlled substance or procure the administration of a controlled substance by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge; or by the forgery or alteration of an order; or by the concealment of a material fact; or by the use of a false name o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-416 Controlled substances - inducing consumption by fraudulent means
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(1) It is unlawful for any person, surreptitiously or by means of fraud, misrepresentation, suppression of truth, deception, or subterfuge, to cause any other person to unknowingly consume or receive the direct administration of any controlled substance, as defined in section 18-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-417 Notice of conviction
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Upon the conviction of any person for a violation of any provision of this part 4, a copy of the judgment, sentence, and opinion, if any, of the court shall be sent by the clerk of the court to the state board of pharmacy or the department of public health and environment or offi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-418 Exemptions
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(1) The provisions of section 18-18-414 do not apply to: (a) Agents of persons licensed under part 2 of article 80 of title 27, C.R.S., or under part 3 of this article, acting within the provisions of their licenses; or (b) Officers or employees of appropriate agencies of federal…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-419 Imitation and counterfeit controlled substances act
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Sections 18-18-419 to 18-18-424 shall be known and may be cited as the Imitation and Counterfeit Controlled Substances Act. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 373, � 1, effective July 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-420 Imitation controlled substances - definitions
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As used in sections 18-18-419 to 18-18-424, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Controlled substance shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 18-18-102 (5). (2) Distribute means the actual, constructive, or attempted transfer, delivery, or dispensing to another …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-421 Imitation controlled substances - determination - considerations
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(1) In determining whether a substance is an imitation controlled substance, the trier of fact may consider, in addition to all other relevant factors, the following: (a) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the substance concerning the nature of the substance or its…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-422 Imitation controlled substances - violations - penalties
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(1) (a) Except as provided in section 18-18-424, it is unlawful for a person to manufacture, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute an imitation controlled substance. (b) A person who violates the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) commits: (I) A level 4…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-423 Counterfeit substances prohibited - penalty
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(1) It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to manufacture, deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture or deliver, a controlled substance which, or the container or labeling of which, without authorization, bears the trademark, trade name, or other identifyin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-424 Imitation controlled substances - exceptions
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The provisions of sections 18-18-419 to 18-18-424 shall not apply to practitioners licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized under the laws of this state to possess, administer, dispense, or distribute a controlled substance, if the distribution, possession, dispensing, or ad…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-425 Drug paraphernalia - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the possession, sale, manufacture, delivery, or advertisement of drug paraphernalia results in the legitimization and encouragement of the illegal use of controlled substances by making the drug culture more visible and enti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-426 Drug paraphernalia - definitions
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As used in sections 18-18-425 to 18-18-430, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Drug paraphernalia means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind that are used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-427 Drug paraphernalia - determination - considerations
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(1) In determining whether an object is drug paraphernalia, a court, in its discretion, may consider, in addition to all other relevant factors, the following: (a) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use; (b) The proximity of the object to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-428 Possession of drug paraphernalia - penalty - exceptions
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(1) (a) Except as described in section 18-1-711 and paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), a person commits possession of drug paraphernalia if he or she possesses drug paraphernalia and knows or reasonably should know that the drug paraphernalia could be used under circumstances …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 18-18-429 Manufacture, sale, or delivery of drug paraphernalia - penalty
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Any person who sells or delivers, possesses with intent to sell or deliver, or manufactures with intent to sell or deliver equipment, products, or materials knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that such equipment, products, or materials could be used…