Pubdate: Wed, 31 Dec 2014
Source: Albuquerque Journal (NM)
Copyright: 2014 The Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.abqjournal.com/
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HOME HASH OIL DEEMED ILLEGAL

DENVER (AP) - Colorado's top law enforcement official says 
manufacturing highpotency marijuana oil is not legal under the 
state's firstin-the-nation recreational marijuana law.

State Attorney General John Suthers wrote in a court brief Tuesday 
that the law prohibits the dangerous production of hash oil, which 
has caused a number of fiery explosions and injuries this year as pot 
users try to make it at home. Some prosecutors have been charging 
individual hash-oil creators with felonies, while others have not 
pursued criminal charges at all.

Suthers filed a brief in response to a western Colorado man's 
contention that Mesa County prosecutors improperly charged him with a 
crime for manufacturing hash oil. Suthers says it's a safety issue.
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