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Colorado’s regulatory framework is considered the strongest in the country and continues to be held up as a model for other states.

State cannabis tax revenue has increased every year since adult-use sales began in 2014, reaching a record-high $423.5 million in 2021.

Every year, Colorado allocates hundreds of millions of dollars in cannabis tax revenue to more than a dozen agencies for a wide variety of uses.

Data shows that marijuana usage rates among Colorado youth have not increased — and in some cases have decreased — since legalization.

Due to an outdated section of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, the legal weed industry shoulders a tremendous tax burden.