Colorado Bill Seeking to Place Age Limits on Some Cannabis Products Pulled by Sponsor

A bill that would have allowed increased potency of some cannabis products sold in the state was pulled by its sponsor in committee on Tuesday due to provisions in the proposal that would have added age restrictions to higher-dose products and enhanced regulations on some edible products, Colorado Public Radio reports. The legislation would have capped the potency level and amount of cannabis that someone 25 or younger could purchase at 10% and restricted the purchase of inhaled products with added flavors by people 25 or younger.

Additionally, the bill included new packaging rules that would have required cannabis products to contain different color strips depending on THC content and dispensaries would have had to display signage explaining the strip system.

State. Sen. Judy Amabile (D), told CPR that the “negative attacks” on the proposal “have been…misguided.”

“There’s been a big reaction to the bill, and I just want to say we’ve been responsive to that and we have made some major adjustments to the policy and put forward a much smaller policy.” — Amabile to CPR

Jon Spadafora, founder and CEO of Flower Union Brands, argued that the law continues to spread the “brutal stigma” around cannabis.

“None of us are trying to create something that appeals to a child,” Spadafora told CPR. “There was a time when that was happening. One of the very first products on the market in Colorado was cannabis to spray on top of gummies, all kinds of different candy that you would find in the grocery store. That’s gone. It should be gone.”

Amabile has indicated she plans to significantly amend the bill and reintroduce the revised version.