This article discusses the practical consequences of the District of Colorado's partial rejection of Colo. RPC 1.2, Comment 14. On November 6, 2012, Colorado voters added Amendment 64 to Colorado's constitution. 1 Amendment 64 legalizes many aspects of, and requires regulation for, the personal use (for adults 21 and over), commercial cultivation, manufacture, and sale of marijuana. Following an implementation period, the first recreational stores officially opened on January 1, 2014, and the industry has been growing since then. This occurred against the conspicuous backdrop of federal law, specifically the Controlled
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