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99% Of Colorado Marijuana Retailers Properly Checked IDs To Prevent Youth Access, State Report Shows

Investigators conducted 469 underage compliance checks in 2025

Colorado regulators are touting another successful year of nearly perfect marijuana business compliance with state laws prohibiting the sale of cannabis to underage youth—with 99 percent of retailers checking IDs to verify the age of covert investigators.

The state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) said in a newsletter sent on Thursday that investigators conducted 469 underage compliance checks in 2025 “as part of its focus on preventing youth access to marijuana.”

“The compliance rate on those checks was 99 percent,” it said. “The MED also conducted investigations into an additional 309 licenses last year related to preventing youth access.”

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