CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. F:89
DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITION
“Debilitating medical condition” means:
[Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency
virus, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or treatment for
such conditions.]
[A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition, or treatment
for such conditions, which produces, for a specific patient, one or
more of the following, and for which, in the professional opinion of
the patient’s physician, such condition or conditions reasonably may
be alleviated by the medical use of marijuana: cachexia; severe pain;
severe nausea; seizures, including those that are characteristic of
epilepsy; or persistent muscle spasms, including those that are
characteristic of multiple sclerosis.]
[Any other medical condition, or treatment for such condition,
approved by the state health agency.]
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
719901ca64bf3fd9689f400c0b68da19a486b41499534581386357a2eede2efc
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