Colorado has backed off a plan to require edible marijuana products to come with a stop-sign stamp.
State marijuana regulators released an updated proposal this week detailing the state s upcoming requirement that pot-infused cookies, brownies and other foods have a distinct look when outside the packaging.
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The Marijuana Enforcement Division with the letters THC inside. The updated proposal makes the octagon an inverted square, still with the letters THC inside to indicate the drug s psychoactive ingredient. The stamp on the actual product does not have to be red.
Manufacturers complained that a stop-sign shape implied that the products are dangerous and shouldn t be consumed.
The revised proposal goes for a public hearing next week, which will be Aug. 31 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Old Supreme Court Chambers at the state Capitol. The rule takes effect in 2016.
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