A new bill proposed by Alec Garnett, Colorado s Speaker of the House, calls for more packaging restrictions for commercial marijuana concentrate and tighter rules for medical marijuana patients and physicians, including a required THC dosage amount and tracking system for patient purchases.
After months of negotiations around limiting the potency of legal marijuana products, late last week lawmakers and a powerful portion of the pot industry reached a compromise bill. And while that proposal doesn t include a potency limit, it does contain a new set of guardrails, studies and tracking provisions intended to reduce youth marijuana use and diversion to the black market.
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Marijuana concentrate and medical marijuana would be subject to strict new regulations under a bill introduced Friday in the Colorado legislature that’s aimed at curbing teen use and adult overconsumption of high-potency cannabis.
The new bill would put limits on younger medical marijuana users, require new packaging for concentrates, change how coroners collect toxicity reports and more.
State modeling report blames heightened hospitalizations on increased mobility by unvaccinated people
The report found that one in 81 Coloradans are believed to be infected with COVID-19, but that cases and hospitalizations will continue to decline. Author: Allison Sylte Updated: 4:58 PM MDT May 14, 2021
DENVER The latest modeling report shows there is still a high level of COVID-19 transmission in Colorado – and one in 81 Coloradans are believed to be infected with the virus.
Nevertheless, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Colorado School of Public Health said it is likely that cases and hospitalizations will continue to dip as vaccinations increase.