Because the issue stems from a legislative error, the MED hasn't taken action against the dispensaries. But the department doesn't have the authority to fix the error, either.
There are about 575 dispensaries licensed to sell both medical and recreational marijuana in Colorado.A legislative gaffe has made dispensaries selling both medical and recreational marijuana noncompliant with the law for the last two years, according to theSelling medical marijuana and recreational marijuana require separate state licenses in Colorado, with approximately 575 dispensaries currently permitted for both by the MED. And all of them are technically afoul of the state's rules.
"It was never the intent to sever the right to co-locate whatsoever," he said during the committee hearing. Hooton and Van Winkle's bill first reading was approved by the House Transportation and Local Government Committee, 11-2. It will now move on to the full House., which is responsible for overseeing the MED, first approached Hooton in 2019 about fixing the error, but lawmakers pushed the issue aside in 2020 and 2021 in order to address the COVID-19 pandemic, she said.