Infused Edibles Face New Colorado Regulations Starting Feb. 1

January 30, 2015
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Colorado’s pot industry will face its first major regulatory shift of 2015 on Sunday when popular but controversial infused edibles will be forced to comply with new packaging, labeling and potency restrictions passed last year.

Under the new regulations, edibles sold recreationally must be wrapped individually or demarked in increments of 10 or fewer milligrams of activated THC, the major psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. The state’s recommended dose is 10 milligrams. Edibles packaging, too, is changing as new, more child-resistant restrictions go into effect.

Often considered pot for beginners, edibles make up roughly 45 percent of the legal cannabis marketplace in Colorado. [Read more at The Denver Post]