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DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado proposal to require marijuana shops to post warnings for pregnant and nursing women failed Wednesday when Senate Republicans said the first-in-the-nation requirement would be unfair.
The bill to require maternal pot warning signs had the support of some Republicans and the state Health Department.
Supporters conceded that there's limited research that maternal marijuana use harms fetuses and nursing children. But they said Colorado should err on the side of warning consumers about the newly legal drug.
"It just encourages women to get more knowledge about the potential risks," said Susan Koontz, lawyer for the Colorado Medical Society.
A Senate committee voted 5-4 Wednesday to reject the idea. Four Republicans and one Democrat on the committee said it's not fair to require maternal warnings in pot shops but not liquor stores or drug stores.
"All of those things could be damaging to someone who's possibly pregnant,"...
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