HB 17-1367

HB 17-1367 is a Colorado law that allows researchers to obtain special licenses for growing and studying marijuana. This includes conducting studies with public funding or institutions, which need approval from a scientific advisory group. The law also lets medical testing facilities help by analyzing samples used in these research projects. Signed into law, it went into effect on July 1, 2018, enabling scientists to advance knowledge about the effects and uses of marijuana through regulated studies.

Official Summary

The bill creates a marijuana research and development license that allows the holder to possess marijuana for research purposes and a marijuana research and development cultivation license that allows the holder to grow, cultivate, possess, and transfer marijuana for research purposes. An applicant must submit with the license application a description of the research to be conducted, and if the research involves a public entity or public money, then the scientific advisory commission shall review and assess the research project. A marijuana research and development cultivation licensee may only sell marijuana it grows to other marijuana research and development cultivation licensees. A marijuana research and development licensee or marijuana research and development cultivation licensee may contract with a public research institution of higher education or another marijuana research and development licensee. The state licensing authority may promulgate rules related to marijuana research and development licenses and marijuana research and development cultivation licenses. The bill allows a medical marijuana testing facility licensee to test medical marijuana and medical marijuana-infused products for marijuana research and development licensees and marijuana research and development cultivation licensees, and marijuana or marijuana-infused products grown or produced by a registered patient or registered primary caregiver on behalf of a registered patient, upon verification of registration and verification that the patient is a participant in a clinical or observational study conducted by a marijuana research and development licensee or marijuana research and development cultivation licensee. The bill takes effect July 1, 2018. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

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