Colorado Marijuana Products Must Come With Warning Labels Starting Oct. 1
Beginning Oct. 1, all new medical and retail marijuana packaging must feature the new universal symbol on the front.
Colorado marijuana products will soon have labels aimed to keep the drug out of the hands of children.
Starting Saturday, the weed products must feature a diamond-shaped symbol with this statement on the packaging: "Contains Marijuana. Keep out of the reach of children."
According to a news release Monday, the state's Department of Public Health and Environment and Department of Revenue's Marijuana Enforcement Division have teamed up "to educate Coloradans about the rules, designed to promote public health and safety, raise awareness and help people more accurately identify marijuana products."
The symbol for retail marijuana contains an exclamation point and the letters "THC," or tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
Medical marijuana products will have a similar symbol except that it includes the...
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