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Misdemeanor Drug Charge

Under the new law, possession of under four grams of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, or fentanyl is charged as a misdemeanor rather than a felony.

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so beginning in March first Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down to misdemeanors so what we had before is we would have people coming in with like two or three grams of heroin or meth and they were charged as felons now that's only going to be a misdemeanor everything under four grams of methamphetamine cocaine heroin anything like that is being charged as a misdemeanor
Alexis Austin Litle · NEW Colorado Drug Possession Laws 💊🌿 // House Bill 1263Watch clip ↗
this also includes fentanyl which as you may know is incredibly potent we're looking right now fentanyl has somewhere around 50 times the potency of morphine I'm sorry of heroin and a hundred times the potency of morphine that's going to be a misdemeanor as well the only thing that will not be a misdemeanor now is going to be possession of GHB or the date-rape drug
Alexis Austin Litle · NEW Colorado Drug Possession Laws 💊🌿 // House Bill 1263Watch clip ↗
Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down to misdemeanors
Alexis Austin Litle · NEW Colorado Drug Possession Laws 💊🌿 // House Bill 1263Watch clip ↗
everything under four grams of methamphetamine cocaine heroin anything like that is being charged as a misdemeanor this also includes fentanyl
Alexis Austin Litle · NEW Colorado Drug Possession Laws 💊🌿 // House Bill 1263Watch clip ↗

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Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down to misdemeanors

Alexis explains: "Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down to misdemeanors"

Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip
everything under four grams of methamphetamine cocaine heroin anything like that is being charged as a misdemeanor this...

Alexis explains: "everything under four grams of methamphetamine cocaine heroin anything like that is being charged as a misdemeanor this also includes fentanyl"

Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip
so beginning in March first Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down...

Alexis explains: "so beginning in March first Colorado has actually passed a new bill that is bringing our felony level drug charges down to misdemeanors so what we had before is we would have people coming in with like two or three grams of heroin or meth and they were charged as felons now that's only going to be a misdemeanor everything under four grams of methamphetamine cocaine heroin anything like that is being charged as a misdemeanor"

Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip
this also includes fentanyl which as you may know is incredibly potent we're looking right now fentanyl has somewhere ar...

Alexis explains: "this also includes fentanyl which as you may know is incredibly potent we're looking right now fentanyl has somewhere around 50 times the potency of morphine I'm sorry of heroin and a hundred times the potency of morphine that's going to be a misdemeanor as well the only thing that will not be a misdemeanor now is going to be possession of GHB or the date-rape drug"

Answered by Alexis Austin Litle · Watch clip

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