The grant program has been 'over-appropriated and underutilized since its inception,' according to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee
The Colorado Legislature's Joint Budget Committee has approved a $5 million reduction to a statewide grant program that focuses on fighting the black market for marijuana.program provides funding for local law enforcement agencies and district attorneys to use in investigating and prosecuting unlicensed pot operations.
"The funds have made it possible to better outfit detectives and officers with much-needed equipment, thereby reducing the hazards of illegal marijuana grow enforcement and dangerous criminal activities," according to a Despite the JBC's assessment, DOLA local government division director Chantal Unfug says that grant requests have remained about the same over the past few years, but law enforcement funding opportunities decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Not all law enforcement agencies are aware of the funding, either, she adds.
the number of marijuana-related court filings across the state declined 55 percent from 2012 to 2019. The amount of black market activity has fluctuated, however: The number of cases with a marijuana felony as the top charge declined dramatically in the years immediately after recreational legalization in 2012, dropping from 986 to 418 in 2014, but went back up to 806 by 2019.
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