In People v. Torline, (CO App., Nov. 12, 2020), a Colorado state appellate court held that Colorado’s law barring possession and growing of marijuana does not violate the state or federal Free Exercise rights of defendant, an ordained minister who grows the plants as part of his Cannabis Ministry. The court said in part:
[T]he incorporation of marijuana and marijuana concentrate into religious rituals is subject to regulation on equal terms with secular marijuana use. Colorado law does not penalize such conduct because of its religious character.
