SEATTLE — Washington State will require its approval of all packaging for edible marijuana products, Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday, a peremptory move to ban cartoons, toy images and any other labels that might appeal to children.

Mr. Inslee announced the emergency set of rules on how marijuana-infused edible products are marketed and sold in retail shops as part of the state’s response to reports of overdoses and under-age consumption in Colorado.

“We know that people will make arguments about the First Amendment at some point,” said Mr. Inslee, a Democrat, referring to the labeling restrictions at a news conference in Olympia, the capital. “But we’re here to say the health of our children are predominant, and we’re going to take an approach that is focused on the health of our children.” [Read More…]