Colorado Code § 18-18-412.8

Retail sale of methamphetamine precursor drugs - unlawful acts - penalty
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(1) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1705, § 3, effective July 1, 2006.)
(2) (a) A person may not knowingly deliver in or from a store to the same individual
during any twenty-four-hour period more than three and six-tenths grams of a methamphetamine
precursor drug or a combination of two or more methamphetamine precursor drugs.
(b) A person may not purchase more than three and six-tenths grams of a
methamphetamine precursor drug or a combination of two or more methamphetamine precursor
drugs during any twenty-four-hour period.
(c) It is unlawful for a methamphetamine precursor drug that is offered for retail sale in
or from a store to be offered for sale or stored or displayed prior to sale in an area of the store to
which the public is allowed access.
(2.5) (a) A person may not deliver in a retail sale in or from a store a methamphetamine
precursor drug to a minor under eighteen years of age.
(b) It shall be an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this subsection (2.5) that the
person performing the retail sale was presented with and reasonably relied upon a document that
identified the person receiving the methamphetamine precursor drug as being eighteen years of
age or older.
(3) (a) A person who knowingly violates a provision of this section commits a level 2
drug misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
(b) A person who is an owner, operator, manager, or supervisor at a store in which, or
from which, a retail sale of a methamphetamine precursor drug in violation of this section is
made shall not be liable under this section if he or she:
(I) Did not have knowledge of the sale; and
(II) Did not participate in the sale; and
(III) Did not knowingly direct the person making the sale to commit a violation of this
section.
(4) For purposes of this section:
(a) (I) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (a),
"methamphetamine precursor drug" means ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine
or their salts, isomers, or salts of isomers.
(II) "Methamphetamine precursor drug" does not include a substance contained in any
package or container that is labeled by the manufacturer as intended for pediatric use.
(b) "Person" means an individual who owns, operates, is employed by, or is an agent of a
store.
(c) "Store" means any establishment primarily engaged in the sale of goods at retail.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the discretion of a district
attorney to bring charges under this section against a person who also is charged with violating
section 18-18-412.7.

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