Refer to the Article Summary. Refer to the Article Summary. Colorado taxes marijuana with a 2.9% standard sales tax and a 15% state marijuana sales tax, in addition to local taxes. Assume local taxes total 7.1%, so the total tax is 25% based on the initial selling price. Suppose the actual burden of the tax falls 70 percent on consumers and 30 percent on producers. In this case, consumers will actually bear the tax burden of percent of the selling price and producers will actually bear the tax burden of percent of the selling price. 70; 30 O 15; 10 75:25 O 17.5:75