Pubdate: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 Source: Denver Post (CO) Copyright: 2014 The Denver Post Corp Contact: http://www.denverpost.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v14/n325/a10.html Author: Nancy B. Weil Page: 17A HOW TO MAKE POT EDIBLES OBVIOUS Re: "Marijuana edibles; New bill unwraps a safety concern," April 11 news story; and "Make pot edibles simple to ID," April 12 editorial. Concern about excessive or inappropriate consumption of pot edibles is well-founded. Because the effects are not immediate, it's easy to eat more than one might have intended. Packaging labels are useless when the items are out of the containers. The obvious solution is to require addition of a specific flavoring to all edibles, in proportion to the intensity of the THC level. That way, anyone eating it will realize the food is pot-laced. If you go to a party and you're enjoying snacks being offered, you would be less likely to overindulge if every bite made you aware you were consuming a drug. If that flavor was very strong, you might wisely decide just a taste was sufficient. The flavoring need not be delicious-gourmet dining is not the point of edibles. Natural gas has an odor added so people can readily identify its presence-we should do the same with edibles. Nancy B. Weil, Denver - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom