Colorado Governor Signs Law Legalizing Marijuana Social Use Areas

Prior to the bill, residents and tourists could legally smoke cannabis under the state’s existing law, but there were few places where people could go to partake in legal marijuana consumption.

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Wednesday signed off on legislation that would allow businesses in the state to apply for licenses for social marijuana use areas.

The measure "authorizes marijuana hospitality spaces in “which marijuana may be consumed on site and retail marijuana hospitality and sales establishments in which retail marijuana, retail marijuana concentrate, and retail marijuana products may be sold and consumed on site in the establishment's hospitality space."

"The bill establishes requirements and prohibitions for the new hospitality spaces and requires the state licensing authority to promulgate rules governing the new hospitality licenses and spaces," the legislation also states.

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