Colorado Acts To Shield Medical Pot Use While Awaiting Trial
DENVER (AP) - Marijuana use won't be banned while people await trial in Colorado. That's according to a new law signed Thursday.
Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a measure forbidding a court from saying that criminal defendants who are marijuana patients must abstain from pot as a condition of bond.
Colorado has already decided that marijuana use shouldn't be off-limits for people on probation.
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A fiscal analysis prepared for lawmakers says the bond measure won't cost any money. That's because pot abstention isn't usually a condition of bond in this state.
Supporters call the bond change a policy statement. The protection for marijuana use applies only to people with certain medical conditions, not recreational pot users.
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