The Colorado law is very specific as to public consumption - not legal.
Here are some questions and answers on the subject from
The Denver Post Q: Can I smoke up at the store?
A: No. On-site consumption is prohibited at marijuana shops. You have to take your leaves (or buds) and leave.
Q: So where can I go to consume? Are there cannabis clubs or coffee shops?
A: It's a little fuzzy, but no. Some places may try to discreetly offer private areas where marijuana use is allowed or at least overlooked โ like the Cannabition party wanted to do on Wednesday night at the Norad Dance Bar. But, under Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act, pot smoking isn't allowed anywhere that cigarette smoking is also banned and there's no cigar bar-style exemption for blunts.
Q: Can I just puff at a park somewhere?
A: Absolutely not. Public consumption is banned, banned, banned and probably prompts more anxiety from public officials than just about any other topic. Denver police have stepped up enforcement in the second half of 2013, though Denver did not have officers on Jan. 1 specifically tasked with stopping public toking. Boulder has upped its citations, too.
Q: Ski slope?
A: Ski nope. Colorado's winter resorts are not at all stoked at the possibility of stoned skiers. And, what's more, most of the actual ski slopes are on federal land, where marijuana use and possession remains strictly verboten.
Q: So that means taking marijuana on a summer camping trip is probably out, too?
A: Yes. National parks, national forests, national monuments: All off-limits. Possession is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
Q: What about apartments?
A: Landlords can say no. But what all of this is getting at is that the only place it's clearly OK to consume is in a private residence where the owner is cool with it.
Q: How about on my back patio, front porch or balcony?
A: Different cities will regulate this differently. Denver, for a time, even considered banning marijuana use that could be smelled by a neighbor, as well as bans on backyard, front-porch and apartment-balcony marijuana use. The city backed off on all of those, but that doesn't mean they're OK everywhere.
Q: Wait, Denver tried to regulate pot smell?
A: Oh, it still does investigate complaints about skunk funk, but it has to be a very strong marijuana odor for the city to take action. And how is that odor measured, you ask? By the Nasal Ranger, of course.
Q: Can I take marijuana with me on a plane?
A: No. Taking marijuana out-of-state is totally illegal, even if you're traveling to another legal-marijuana state. The Transportation Security Administration may not turn your bags inside out looking for marijuana, but they don't approve of it either. And marijuana possession is banned at Denver International Airport โ even if you're just there to pick up a friend.
Q: Can I send marijuana in the mail?
A: Mail = fail. The U.S. Postal Service not only doesn't allow pot in the post, it has stepped up its efforts to find marijuana mail. People who send marijuana through the mail can face federal charges or asset-forfeiture cases.
Q: Tourists are coming to Colorado for the start of recreational sales, right?
A: At least three companies planned to offer marijuana tours on New Year's Day, but nobody knows how big of a deal marijuana tourism will be. Certainly people will come for the cannabis. But state tourism officials are opposed to promoting Colorado as a hash holiday destination, and most resorts and hotels aren't exactly embracing the idea either.
Q: So where will those tourists consume marijuana?
A: Hotels have the ability to allow โ or turn a blind eye to โ guests' consumption. But Denver, for instance, prohibits marijuana consumption outdoors in areas of non-residential private property that are visible from a public space. So certain hotel balconies in the city are off-limits. Furthermore, the city's marijuana info website notes that pot smoking could only be allowed indoors in designated smoking rooms, and hotels can't have more than a quarter of their rooms designated as such. Still, word-of-mouth had gotten around about some hotels that would allow marijuana use, and they expected brisk business New Year's Day.
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