Colorado Task Force Evaluates Safety Of Consumable Pot After Two Related Deaths

In Denver they are reconsidering the amount of THC allowed in Pot infused food products after two high profile deaths.  According to USA Today one of the fatalities was a 19-year-old student died after jumping from a hotel balcony back in March. Accounts from his friends said, he had eaten an entire cookie containing 65mg of THC, the active drug in marijuana.

On Wednesday a state-appointed task force will meet in Aurora to "discuss and consider reasonable amounts of active THC in retail marijuana products in proportion to product serving size." To date the considered safe serving size is 10 mg but the products such as cookies and candy are packaged in multiple servings.

Add to that recreational marijuana can contain a max of 100mg (10 servings) per item, but it is legal for 100mg to be packed into a small piece of candy. The local police in Denver say that was the amount consumed by a man who then fatally shot his wife.

Lawmaker feel one options could include requiring edible products to be easily separable into 10mg pieces, like a perforated chocolate bar, or perhaps individually wrapped in servings no larger than 10mg.

A quote from one f the lawyers who worked on the amendment and a member of te current task force said: "Coloradans are used to eating a whole cookie. They're used to eating a whole brownie," We need to make it easy for the consumer to understand what the product is that they're taking to ensure their safety." He then added: “While edibles are specifically protected in the language of Amendment 64, the state is given virtually unlimited power to regulate them.”