Sensible rules on packaging for marijuana edibles
Marijuana edibles should be able to be identified when they are outside of their packages, and thestate is finally closing in on a solution to what has been a vexing problem for too long.
The Marijuana Enforcement Division is proposing a new pot symbol — an octagon stop-sign shape with the letters "THC," for pot's psychoactive ingredient — be affixed to individual items, not just to packaging labels.
This is close to being a good solution. But the symbol should lose the stop sign. Edible marijuana is legal in Colorado, and a stop sign is akin to asking the industry to put a skull and cross bones on items.
The purpose should be to alert the unwary that the product contains marijuana, not necessarily to tell people they shouldn't consume it. That's their decision.
The argument for the stop sign is to prevent...
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