Colorado Springs: Courts Reject City Council’s Effort To Overturn Marijuana Vote.

by NORML Posted on February 20, 2025

Colorado Springs, CO:

Members of the Colorado Springs City Council have abandoned efforts to overturn the outcomes of two November marijuana initiatives.

A District Court judge ruled against the city and the state Supreme Court refused to consider any further appeals. As a result, licensed dispensaries in the city can begin selling adult-use cannabis products on April 14th.

The court’s ruling upholds voters’ election-day decision to approve Ballot Measure 300, which allows adult-use retail marijuana sales within the city’s limits. Voters that same day also rejected a separate ballot measure (Question 2D) that sought to explicitly ban such activities.

Rather than accept those outcomes, councilmembers moved to place a third ballot question before voters in a special April 1st election. The court rejected that effort as unconstitutional.

“The city has been willing to do anything and everything to overturn the will of the voters, who overwhelmingly supported Question 300,” said Adam Gillard, Executive Director for the El Paso County Progressive Veterans. Gillard was among those who sued the city following the council’s attempt to challenge the election result. “It’s time for the City Council to move on and start representing their constituents instead of standing in their way.”

courtesy NORML.ORG