Plans To Limit THC In Colorado Cannabis Struck Down - For Now
Lawmakers have narrowly struck down the recently proposal by Colorado Representative Kathleen Conti to prohibit Colorado stores from selling marijuana products with a potency of more than 15 percent THC.
But that doesn't mean the fight to limit the amount of THC in legal cannabis is over.
The House Finance Committee voted down the proposal last week in a narrow 6-5 vote. But, according to reports by the Denver Post, the proposed limit was pitched in an amendment to House Bill 1261 reauthorizing Colorado's rules for recreational marijuana stores. Since the hearing last Wednesday was the first hearing for the bill, lawmakers will have numerous other chances this legislative session to insert the amendment
"We'll be revisiting this next year, for sure," Rep. KC Becker, a Boulder Democrat, said at the hearing.
A cap would mean massive changes in the state where the potency of cannabis averages about 17.1...
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