Colorado's Weed-Themed License Plate Auction Kicks Off: Bid Now, Help Raise Money For Disability Causes

How would you like to buy a vanity plate that will help fund a good cause and let the world know what your favorite pastime is?

The Colorado Disability Funding Committee launched an auction for the rights to 10 special license plates to raise money for programs intended to help people with disabilities.

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The bidding starts at $420. These are the 10 weed-themed state license plates being auctioned under the auspices of the Colorado DMV: 420, 710, COHEMP, EXTRACT, GRASS, HASHISH, HILIFE, KIND, NUGGET, REEFER.

The bidding got underway on 4/20 at 4:20 p.m. and will run until 4/27 at 4:20 p.m. You can see all 10 designs and bid online at coloradoplates.org. The 10 lucky winners can put the new plate on their car at any time, now or in the future, or even decide to sell it.

Since 2021, the yearly auction has raised nearly $100,000, reported CBS News Colorado. In 2023, the auction featured license plates reading DANK and MJ, which sold for $600 and $520, respectively. This year, bidding on the 420 license plate, as of Sunday night, was already up to $1,336.

“The Colorado Disability Funding Committee has been an incredible support to the many nonprofits and local partners statewide working to improve life and increase opportunities for Coloradans with disabilities,” said Colorado Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera. “This auction continues to be a meaningful way to celebrate Colorado’s cannabis industry while making an impact in the lives of others.”

The Colorado DMV supports the Colorado Disability Funding Committee grant programs.

A Decade Of Legal Weed In Colorado

Legal recreational cannabis in Colorado turned 10 in November 2023, making history in the U.S. and abroad. Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder who have since been studying marijuana’s impact on health, public safety and the economy over the past decade found that legalization did not boost DUIs nor increase teenage consumption and that the state economy has benefitted. A recent poll found that 71% of Colorado residents continue to support legal cannabis.

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Photo courtesy of Coloradoplates.org