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The release comes despite Gov. John Hickenlooper's executive order mandating all contaminated cannabis be destroyed
The city of Denver has released more than 28,000 packages of marijuana-infused edibles back into the market after recalling the products late last year when they tested positive for pesticides that are banned for use on cannabis.
The release comes despite Gov. John Hickenlooper in November issuing an executive order mandating that all contaminated cannabis be destroyed as "a risk to public health" and "a threat to public safety."
Peter Perrone, center, is the lab director at Gobi Analytical, the only lab in Denver that tests marijuana for pesticides. P (Denver Post file)
But Denver officials say that while they recalled the products in the wake of the executive order, they released certain low-level batches after the City Attorney's Office verified that "the XO (executive order) doesn't tell us, the city, anything," said...
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