Colorado's recreational marijuana edible manufacturers face tougher rules on potency, serving size and packaging of their products under stopgap rules adopted by state regulators Thursday. The new guidelines, crafted in response to concerns about overconsumption by inexperienced consumers, will do away with bite-sized products that pack in 100 milligrams of the psychoactive chemical THC - the maximum allowed by state law. Products still may contain up to 100 milligrams of THC, but they must be easily broken off into pieces that have 10 milligrams or fewer - the standardized edible serving size under state law. \tTHE CANNABIST\tRecent Cannabist news More Denver Post marijuana coverage at The Cannabist See a map of Colorado's recreational marijuana shops Stealth PUFFiT vaporizer mimics asthma inhaler (review) Blue-ribbon weed: Denver County Fair pot showcase kicks off Making marijuana edibles easily identifiable not an easy task In another change, manufacturers will be required to put single-serving edibles in child-resistant packaging before shipping them to stores, instead of relying on stores to provide the packaging as customers leave with their purchases. Liquid edibles, such as sodas, also must be put in child-resistant containers that clearly mark each serving size. The rules - which still must be made permanent in a process that will include public comment - would go into effect Nov. 1. They grew out of meetings with health officials, regulators, industry representatives and activists on both sides. "The Marijuana Enforcement Division's primary concern is to ensure public safety," Natriece Bryant, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue, wrote in an e-mail. "...The Marijuana Enforcement Division feels that clear serving size requirements within the industry is a vital part of responsible regulation." Rachel O'Bryan, a founding member of SMART Colorado, which supports tighter restrictions on marijuana, said the rules are a step in the right direction, but time will tell whether they go far enough. Edibles manufacturers, responding to public demand, already have shifted to lower-potency edibles since recreational sales began Jan. 1, said Mike Elliott, executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group. "The free market has largely addressed this problem," he said.
Those poor poor colorado stoners, how will they ever go without stronger edibles? God forbid that the evil government make their edibles weaker, goddamn war on drugs. /end sarcasm
All because some jackass had to freak out and jump from a window. Im suprised the state just didn't outright ban them.
[SUB]eating marijuana is different than smoking it, THC will metabolize in the body into a more psychoactive form. As for these reported deaths, I don't care how stoned or inexperienced you are, you are not goanna just jump out of the window or shot your wife. Weed don't make you violent or depressed, my money was this kid was goanna jump and this guy figured he would have a solid defense if he killed his wife massively stoned, and was like oh I did not know what I was doing, boom insanity plea.[/SUB]
Oh man, how will I ever get my hands on a 100mg edible? Oh I know, buy weed from the exact place edibles were suppressed from and make your own.