C.R.S. 24-33.5-516 – Study Marijuana Implementation
Category Data
Priority Gaps Today Recommendations
Marijuana- Initiated Contacts by Law Enforcement Medium Clear definition of ‘marijuana- initiated contacts’ State-Wide Reporting System Uniform and Consistent Reporting
We recommend the interpretation of this statute as “related contacts” which may require a statutory change, or strike from collection.
The state needs to identify how to best capture this incident data. We would recommend convening law
enforcement officials to determine the level of detail required and the most efficient means of capturing these data.
This may result in a change to local law enforcement record management systems and CCIS.
This is a dependency recommendation for other criminal activities.
Marijuana Criminal Arrest Data High Ability to report amounts of marijuana. Incidents and arrests by judicial district.
The state needs to identify how to capture and collect amount data. We would recommend convening law enforcement officials to determine the level of detail required and the most efficient means of capturing these data.
For judicial district, we recommend challenging this requirement. We would suggest using the CCIS OIR data field which would provide municipal and county information. However, if the state wishes to add judicial district, it would need to be added into CCIS.
Comprehensi ve School Data
High
Data broken for specific marijuana category. Law enforcement referrals are inconsistent Varying standards
for reporting at the local level.
We recommend the state change the existing school district reporting to include specific information on marijuana. This will require a
modification to the School Finance Act and to require all school districts to capture information.
HB 12-1345 implementation should include a marijuana data category.
Drug
Endangered Children - Specifically
High
Arrest data not broken down by specific offense Application of the
Primary recommendation in terms of data systems is to modify TRAILS to capture marijuana information. We recommend more statewide
for Marijuana new definition of ‘drug endangered children
TRAILS does not collect marijuana- specific data.
communication and convening to educate stakeholders about this terminology. From this work,
identification of key questions could be determined which would identify useful data for future collection.
Diversion to
Minors High
NIBRS’ juvenile offenses are not broken down by specific drug category. Ability to understand patterns of diversion to minors from regulated and unregulated market.
We recommend modification of NIBRS to capture juvenile offenses for
marijuana.
We recommend longitudinal development of data reporting to determine how overall diversion occurs.
We would recommend assessing methods to survey kids. This may include using existing student surveys. Ideally data could be captured by adding elements to these existing surveys. We have identified some of these local surveys but we would recommend a broad inventory be completed across Colorado.
Marijuana Related Traffic Accidents High Comprehensive system to report data broken by down by marijuana
We recommend modification of the CDOT FARS to include more consistent use of marijuana drug codes. This includes toxicity reporting as recommended by CACP which would require data reporting modifications by CDPHE.
We recommend local law enforcement record management systems and CCIS be modified to include specific marijuana DUID-related data category.
Out-of-State Diversion High EPIC is a voluntary reporting system Underreporting of data Federal Data Sources (DEA, U.S. Postal Service, RM- HIDTA)
Our recommendation is for Colorado law enforcement to work with Border States to determine and measure diversion from Colorado. This recommendation may require development of voluntary agreements with Border States to adopt data capture and analysis methods for marijuana to be able to track this diversion activity, best identify patterns and determine trends. We would recommend a time specific study and data analysis of findings from Border States to determine diversion activity and trends.
Marijuana Site
Operational High
State-Wide
Crime Statistics Inconsistent or no uniform reporting by victim and by law enforcement
related to, within, or near marijuana site operations. The recommendation is to cross reference site (licensing data) with criminal statistics.
This recommendation depends upon implementation of the marijuana related incident reporting.
Marijuana Transfer Using Parcel Services Low This is a federal responsibility for data collection EPIC is a voluntary reporting system No data on private parcel carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc)
There is no recommendation here as existing data sources are sufficient today. Probation Infractions Related to Marijuana Low Clear definition of ‘probation data’ for marijuana reporting. Specific marijuana-related data. Query capable data system.
Assuming the definition of probation is about individuals violating probation through illegal-marijuana activities, there only recommendation is to ensure ICON has marijuana specific data. Data on Emergency Room Visits and Poison Control High DAWN no longer funded and is voluntary. Hospital reporting is voluntary.
The recommendations are to continue to improve and refine efforts to collect data through voluntary reporting methods including the BRFSS, All Payer Claims Database, Hospital Discharge and E.R. Data, and Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center data, including requiring hospital provider reporting of youth related marijuana admissions and track this through the All Payer Claim
Database. There are potential new data collections tools available beginning in 2015 / 2016 through the National Center for Health Statistics.
Outdoor Marijuana Cultivation Medium State-Wide Reporting System Federal Data Source
There is no recommendation here as existing data sources are federal data.
Organized Crime / Money Laundering High Federal Data Source
NIBRS data not broken down by offense.
There is no recommendation here as existing data sources are federal data.
25.1.5-111 – Monitor Health Effects of Marijuana
Statutory Category
Subcategory What Are We Missing? Recommendation
Marijuana Patterns of Use and Health Effects
By County County-specific data, only
state-wide data. Recommendation is to change to health district. Race / Ethnicity County-specific data, only
state-wide data. No recommendation as these data are available today. Medical
Research Implementation August 2014 No recommendation as these data are available today. Adverse Health
Impacts
Implementation FY 2014/ 2015
We recommend using the following data:
BRFSS Survey
All Payer Claims Database Hospital Discharge and E.R. Data Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center