Colorado — sources & limitations

Official sources

Primary regulator: Marijuana Enforcement Division · Monthly updates

• CDOR Marijuana Sales Reports (statewide + county)
• CDOR Marijuana Tax Reports
• MED Licensed Facilities workbooks
• Average Market Rate (AMR) wholesale price history
• MED Final Administrative Actions (FAO/SAO)
• CDPHE Medical Marijuana Registry statistics

Every figure on the Colorado dashboard traces back to these official sources.

Known limitations

What to keep in mind reading this data — the gaps and caveats we surface rather than paper over.

• CO's confidential per-operator sales and dual medical/retail license families should not be copied to other states by default.
• Per-operator sales DO NOT EXIST publicly (C.R.S. 39-21-113) — statewide/county aggregates only.
• Everything is monthly or slower with a multi-month lag; freshness copy must anchor on the latest reported month and state the lag.
• Never sum prices (AMR) or stocks; the sales report's retailer counts are tax filers, not stores.
• Per-operator/store-level sales are confidential by statute — market-share analytics are impossible from official data.
• Sales/tax are monthly with multi-month lags; nothing is weekly.
• Local control is the defining geographic dimension — a majority of jurisdictions prohibit or cap retail.