Pubdate: Wed, 12 Aug 2015
Source: Denver Post (CO)
Copyright: 2015 The Associated Press
Contact:  http://www.denverpost.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/122
Author: Kristen Wyatt, The Associated Press

"STOP SIGN" MAY BE ON PACKAGES

(AP) - Edible marijuana products in Colorado may soon come labeled 
with a red stop sign, according to a draft of new rules released 
Tuesday by state marijuana regulators.

The state may also ban the word "candy" from edible pot products, 
even if they're sweets such as suckers or gummy chews.

The new pot symbol - an octagon stop-sign shape with the letters 
"THC" to indicate marijuana's psychoactive ingredient - would have to 
be on individual edible items, not just labels. Liquid marijuana 
products would be limited to single-serve packaging - defined as 10 
milligrams of THC.

Regulators rejected an earlier proposal to mark edible pot with a 
weed-leaf symbol after a parents' group claimed the symbol would 
simply attract children, not dissuade them.

The proposed rules were released as the Colorado Marijuana 
Enforcement Division works on new guidelines for edible marijuana, 
which can be baked into cookies or brownies or added to sodas, pasta 
sauces or granolas.

The agency tried and failed last year to implement a requirement that 
edible marijuana have a distinct look when outside of its packaging, 
a requirement passed by state lawmakers last year amid concerns that 
some people were accidentally eating food infused with cannabis.

The state already banned pot manufacturers from using cartoon 
characters on packaging or making "lookalike" products such as 
candies designed to mimic common foods. But the state has seen 
sporadic reports of people unknowingly eating pot. Perhaps most 
famous was a man hospitalized after unknowingly eating pot-infused 
chocolate at the 2014 Denver County Fair.

The new edible pot rules face a public hearing before final adoption.

Marijuana regulators in Colorado have until January to implement a 
2014 law requiring edible marijuana to have a distinct look when 
outside its packaging.
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