Pubdate: Wed, 23 Jul 2014
Source: Colorado Springs Independent (CO)
Column: CannaBiz
Copyright: 2014 Colorado Springs Independent
Contact:  http://www.csindy.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1536
Author: Bryce Crawford

EVENT FOR POT-TESTING, AND AT HOME BAKED RECALLED

Pot testing offered

The handful of cannabis-testing laboratories in Colorado may be flush 
with business, but because of a rule implemented earlier this year by 
the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division, it's only coming from 
industry growers and retail centers. Individuals wanting specific 
information about their weed have been left out.

Answering their call is Woodland Park-based Operation Grow4Vets, the 
recently launched effort to give free pot to military veterans 
currently being medically treated by the U.S. Department of Veterans 
Affairs. It seeks to provide testing to vets and parents of children 
being treated with cannabis, using the same methods it currently uses 
to profile THC, CBD and other cannabinoids in its donated marijuana.

"Veterans and parents who were outraged by the state's decision 
contacted us because they didn't know what to do," founder Roger 
Martin says in a statement. "Many of them are growing their own 
medicine or medicine for their children and they had no way to 
control the dosage."

To that end, as part of a larger weed-themed event, Martin will host 
a cannabis-testing session from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, July 25, at the 
DoubleTree by Hilton (1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., 
grow4vets.org). The 21-and-up event will also feature input from the 
organization's science and growing teams, as well as a pot giveaway 
for those who RSVP by 5 p.m., Wednesday, July 23.

To test a minimum of one gram of bud, the general public will pay 
$70; veterans and parents of ill children will pay $45. Otherwise, 
entry is $20 for the general public, and free for vets.

Meanwhile, the group is expanding its reach, with Martin "hop[ing] to 
have our first Free Cannabis Giveaway event in Arizona within the 
next couple of months," as he writes on Facebook.

At Home Baked recalled

Though it reports no cases of illness, the Denver Department of 
Environmental Health issued a recall July 17 "to consumers and 
retailers regarding all At Home Baked infused brownie mixes, blondie 
mixes, rice krispy treats and Stixx candy."

Co-owner A.J. Ashkar tells the Indy that the "unfair" recalls stem 
from a machine being used to make water hash that he says is used by 
all infused-products companies in the industry. "And before any of 
that water hash gets put in the food, it gets dried, it gets cured, 
and then it also gets reheated to a temperature well above any 
temperature that would kill anything that would possibly be in the 
food,"he says, "on purpose: not only to decarboxylate it and activate 
the THC, but also for the sanitary reasons."

The company claims some 14 stores in the Pikes Peak region. See 
athomebakedcolorado.com for more on locations.
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