Colorado debated on a proposed law at a hearing yesterday that could have banned edible marijuana products from stores.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment wanted state pot regulators to stop selling marijuana edibles in stores in fears that children would get their hands on the treats that come in similar packaging to non-marijuana treats, reports The Gazette.
Thier request led to a four-hour debate since recreational marijuana was already legalized over 10-months-ago.
"If the horse wasn't already out of the barn, I think that would be a nice proposal for us to put on the table," Karin McGowan, the department's deputy executive director, said during the debate, according to The Gazette reports.
Law makers require pot distributers to have identifiable labels on their products that signal to consimers there is cannibis in their food.
Some children are apparently sitll getting confused by the packaging since one Denver hospital reported nine cases of children falling ill from consuming pot, reports The Gazette.
Statewide numbers on the consumption of pot by children was not yet released.
Despite the numbers, pot distributers feel they cannot do any more to protect children from eating their products.
"There is only so much we can do as manufacturers to prevent a child from putting a product in their mouth," Bob Eschino of Incredibles, which makes marijuana-infused chocolates, tells The Gazette.
The ban was appealed because both sides agree that if stores stopped selling marijuana edibles unexperienced bakers may try to make them on their own, which in turn has potential to be even more dangerous.
