POTENCY • ACCOUNTABILITY • SAFETY • STANDARDS
Coloradans for oversight of marijuana
What we’re fighting for
Consumer Safety: Aligned testing, honest labeling, and swift enforcement to protect buyers from tainted or mislabeled products
Regulatory Certainty: Clear, consistent regulations to reward honest operators and hold bad actors accountable.
Market Stability: Predictable tax revenues and simplified licensing to reduce volatility and foster sustainable growth.
We are determined to set the needle back on track. We believe in Colorado’s original promise of a regulated, responsible marijuana market.
With your help and support, we can once again become the national model for cannabis integrity.
It’s Time for the Next Generation of Colorado Marijuana Regulation
Colorado’s marijuana compass is spinning. New legislation will set the needle on safety and stability.
COMPASS ( Coloradans for Oversight of Marijuana: Potency, Accountability, Safety & Standards) is a plan to get Colorado’s cannabis market back on course. It delivers accurate labels, faster recalls, and one clear set of rules focused on protecting consumers, rewarding good actors, and making it easier to do business. Colorado once led the nation in cannabis regulation. COMPASS makes sure we lead again.
WHAT
A modernization plan for Colorado’s marijuana market, bringing accurate labels, faster recalls, and fair, transparent rules.
WHY
Because consumers deserve safe products, honest competition, and a regulatory system that actually works in a maturing market.
HOW
By adopting proven alcohol-style regulations, funding enforcement without conflicts of interest, and holding bad actors accountable, swiftly.
COMPASS brings
four clear promises
1. Potency accuracy
Labels match what’s inside.
2. Accountability for bad actors
Noncompliance and contamination meet swift penalties.
3. Safety for consumers
Shelf-surveillance pulls unsafe products in days not months.
4. Updated, shared standards
Modern rules that lay out clear expectations for how industry and regulators can work together to protect consumers in a maturing market.
With COMPASS, Colorado can become the national leader of regulated marijuana once again.
Put Consumers First
Accurate Labels, Clean Products
Secret-shopper shelf surveillance removes tainted or mislabeled items within days. Regulators should protect consumers from bad actors rather than insulate bad actors from the consequences of their activities.
Taxes that Make Sense
Per-milligram THC tax (steady) replaces price-based tax (volatile).
Minor cannabinoids untaxed to encourage the development of low-dose products with high concentrations of non-intoxicating cannabinoids.
Marijuana Enforcement Division funded from retail tax, not license fee, ending conflicts of interest.
why it matters
Safer shelves — faster recalls.
Honest competition — no more THC inflation or lab shopping.
Predictable revenue — schools and communities stay funded.
Colorado leadership — rules other states want to adopt in maturing markets.