Who regulates cannabis retail in Colorado?

Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is the state cannabis regulator for Colorado. Official site: https://med.colorado.gov.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Colorado use?

Colorado uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.

What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Colorado?

At the register, as of September 2026: a 15% retail marijuana sales tax on adult-use sales (in place of the 2.9% state sales tax), 2.9% on medical, plus your jurisdiction’s local rate; the producer-tier excise reaches you as cost, not as a receipt line.

Is CannAgent available for Colorado dispensaries?

Not yet — Colorado is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CO list gets you one email when Colorado opens.

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Colorado is not open to new stores yet. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

The CO rules on this page are researched from the regulator’s and legislature’s own sources; the date we last checked them is in the regulator card below. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Colorado opens.

MED

Target: Mid 2027

Colorado dispensary POS for MED rules and Metrc

Written against MED rules: the 15% retail marijuana sales tax charged in place of the 2.9% state rate, 2.9% on medical, reason-coded inventory adjustments, and the adult-use and medical split the MED expects, all in the same system as the register.

Seed-to-sale system: Metrc (Franwell)
Taxes at the register: At the register, as of September 2026: a 15% retail marijuana sales tax on adult-use sales (in place of the 2.9% state sales tax), 2.9% on medical, plus your jurisdiction’s local rate; the producer-tier excise reaches you as cost, not as a receipt line.
Purchase limits: Not published on this page yet
CannAgent in CO: Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

Regulator

Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED)

https://med.colorado.gov ↗

We re-check this regulatormonthly— stable rules, low expected churnLast checked 2026-08-30. That is 26 days past the monthly re-check above — treat anything time-sensitive on this page as due for confirmation.

Your rules, handled

Colorado’s tax rules and purchase limits are written into CannAgent’s compliance engine from the rule text. Where a figure still waits on an answer from the MED, it is flagged against the rule rather than guessed.

What we have written for Colorado

Colorado coverage is written against MED rules: the 15%-in-place-of-2.9% retail tax, the 2.9% medical lane, reason-coded inventory adjustments, and Metrc reporting. A direct Metrc API connection is in flight, not shipped, and we say so before you sign.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Colorado cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Colorado?: Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) is the state cannabis regulator for Colorado. Official site: https://med.colorado.gov.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Colorado use?: Colorado uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Colorado?: At the register, as of September 2026: a 15% retail marijuana sales tax on adult-use sales (in place of the 2.9% state sales tax), 2.9% on medical, plus your jurisdiction’s local rate; the producer-tier excise reaches you as cost, not as a receipt line.
Is CannAgent available for Colorado dispensaries?: Not yet — Colorado is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the CO list gets you one email when Colorado opens.

Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

Leave your details and you get one email when Colorado opens. There is no queue and no position, and joining commits you to nothing.

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