'Marijuana Hospitality Establishments': Longmont Rep's State Bill

LONGMONT, CO -- A bill introduced in the statehouse Friday by Longmont Rep. Jonathan Singer seeks to create a license for "marijuana hospitality establishments," where people could legally gather and consume products on site, reports the Longmont Times-Call. According to information given to the Times-Call by Cindy Sovine, founder of Social Avengers, a coalition fighting for legal social cannabis consumption, there would be two types of establishments under the new legislation.

One, a "legal cannabis hospitality establishment," would allow consumption of marijuana products, but no selling or purchase of such items would be permitted on premises. In theory, the Times-Call reports, hotels, spas, coffee shops, and other similar locations could apply for such a permit.

The other category,"retail cannabis hospitality and sales establishments," would cover locations where patrons could also purchase small amounts of cannabis products from licensed vendors.

It is currently against the law to consume marijuana in public places, and according to the Times-Call, Singer contends that this bill would provide locations similar in function to wine tasting rooms for the cannabis industry.

Get the full story from the Times-Call here.

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