Earlier this year, Dixie Elixirs & Edibles, perhaps Colorado’s best-known cannabis brand, took its THC-infused drinks off the market. It had no choice. That’s because a couple of weeks later, on February 1, new packaging regulations for recreational marijuana edibles went into effect in the state and the screw top aluminum bottles were no longer […]
Edible and Infused Marijuana Processors
Oregon’s Marijuana-Infused Edibles May be Delayed Until 2017
Oregon’s regulated recreational marijuana industry is expected to roll out sometime next year, but you may not see cannabis-infused edibles for sale until early 2017. Citing the complexity of regulating edibles, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission this month asked the Oregon Legislature for authority to delay the licensing of edible manufacturers. Lawmakers have not taken action […]
Colorado May Give Up on Restrictions for Edible Packaging
DENVER — Colorado may give up on one of its toughest marijuana problems to emerge in the new market — making sure that edible pot products can’t be confused with regular foods. A bill up for its first vote Wednesday would repeal a 2014 Colorado requirement requiring pot foods to have a distinct look when […]
Marijuana Edible Products Need Stronger Regulation, Stanford Professors Say
States that have legalized marijuana need to put strong restrictions on the drug’s edible products, according to two Stanford law professors. In a new article in the New England Journal of Medicine, Robert MacCoun and Michelle Mello of Stanford Law School wrote that one of the most notable features of the rollout of state-legalized retail […]
One Man’s Experiment: I Ate 90 Servings of THC — and Lived
So you wanna get high, eh? Get weird, have the giggles, get the munchies, see what all the excitement is about? Why not? Marijuana is straight up legal in Colorado and Washington, and will be in Oregon and Alaska soon. Over the counter legal, just like buying beer or cigarettes or Penthouse. But you knew all […]
Infused Edibles Face New Colorado Regulations Starting Feb. 1
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 […]
The Economics of Extraction, Options for Dispensaries, Cultivators and Edible and Infused Manufacturers
By Stephen “Marsh” Schoenhard Over the next several months, I will be contributing articles that describes the options available to licensed cultivators, dispensaries and edible and infused manufacturers when it comes to processing their trim to extract the more profitable concentrate. There are two options available, Vertical Integration or Outsourcing. Vertical Integration: There are substantial […]
