2021 Colorado Code
Title 18 - Criminal Code
Article 18 - Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 2013
Part 4 - Offenses and Penalties
§ 18-18-413. Authorized Possession of Controlled Substances
A person to whom or for whose use any controlled substance has been prescribed or dispensed by a practitioner may lawfully possess it, but only in the container in which it was delivered to him unless he is able to show that he is the legal owner or a person acting at the direction of the legal owner of the controlled substance. Any person convicted of violating this section commits a drug petty offense, and the court shall impose a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
History. Source: L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 367, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section amended,(SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1923, § 22, effective October 1.
Editor's note:
This section is similar to former § 18-18-109 as it existed prior to 1992.
ANNOTATIONThe provision of this section allowing for possession of a controlled substance by “a person acting at the direction of the legal owner” applies only to the crime of possession as described in this section and not to any other crimes. People v. Gonzales, 2017 COA 62 , 415 P.3d 846.