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Jefferson County (Colo.) to allow pot testing, but ban retail sales and grows


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Final vote will be likely be Nov. 17 for laws that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2016.

GOLDEN — Jefferson County staff will begin to draft ordinances to allow marijuana testing facilities, but ban all other aspects of the retail marijuana industry, including sales, manufacturing and cultivation facilities.

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The ordinances will pertain only to the unincorporated areas of the county, which have not yet allowed any retail marijuana businesses to operate thanks to a moratorium that was put in place in 2013 and extended last year. The moratorium expires Jan. 1, 2016.

Jefferson County Commissioners Don Rosier, Casey Tighe and Libby Szabo gave county staff directions during staff briefings Tuesday morning and had met several times previously to discuss the issue.

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