Opinion: Labeling of marijuana edibles is too lax

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Marijuana-infused cookies sit on the packaging table at The Growing Kitchen in Boulder on Sept. 26, 2014. (Brennan Linsley, Associated Press file)

As a grandmother and long-time child advocate, I am appalled by the increasing availability of edible marijuana products to children.

Why? Because it is so easy for kids to ingest them accidentally.

Unmarked marijuana edibles are showing up everywhere, warns Smart Colorado, a youth advocacy group focused on protecting kids from marijuana.

Colorado citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012. Stores licensed to sell pot officially opened on Jan. 1, 2014. In the first nine months of that year, 14 children affected by edible marijuana were admitted to Children's Hospital Colorado. This compares to the 14 total cases admitted in the previous two years combined.

Some courageous legislators are stepping up to the plate. Last month, when a bill to delay the process of labeling edible pot...

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