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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 18-13-132: Furnishing kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age - definition.

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  1. Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE
  2. Article 13 - Miscellaneous Offenses

(1) (a) A person shall not give, sell, distribute, dispense, or offer for sale a kratom product to any person who is under twenty-one years of age.

(b) Before giving, selling, distributing, dispensing, or offering to sell to an individual any kratom product, a person shall request from the individual and examine a government-issued photographic identification that establishes that the individual is twenty-one years of age or older.

(c) A person who violates subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section commits a civil infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of two hundred dollars, notwithstanding the provisions of section 18-1.3-503.

(d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1)(a) of this section that the person furnishing the kratom product was presented with and reasonably relied upon a government-issued photographic identification that identified the individual receiving the kratom product as being twenty-one years of age or older.

(2) (a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of any kratom products to persons under twenty-one years of age or imposes requirements more stringent than provided in this section.

(b) A statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county shall not enact an ordinance or resolution that establishes a minimum age to purchase kratom products that is under twenty-one years of age.

(3) As used in this section, "kratom product" means any product or ingredient containing:

(a) Any part of the leaf of the Mitragyna speciosa plant if the plant contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine; or

(b) A synthetic material that contains the alkaloid mitragynine or 7-hydroxymitragynine.

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