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Colorado House keeps daily marijuana purchase limit after heated debate
Summary
The Colorado House rejected an amendment that would have raised the daily retail purchase limit for adult-use marijuana and later passed House Bill 12‑09 as amended; the floor debate focused on youth diversion, product potency and alignment of possession and sales limits.
The Colorado House voted to adopt House Bill 12‑09 as amended on March 19, 2025, after extended debate over whether to increase the statutory daily retail purchase limit for adult‑use marijuana.
Supporters of retaining the current limit said the cap is a public‑health protection that reduces the risk high‑potency products are diverted to underage users. Representative Dylan Brown, a member of the Health and Human Services committee, urged colleagues to preserve the existing restriction, saying the measure “helps to maintain an important public health protection” and that raising the limit “will allow more high potency products to end up in the hands of kids.”
The bill overall seeks to streamline and…
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