It would amend the state constitution and would apply only to retail marijuana, not medical. The first THC-capping proposal is a ballot initiative that would limit the potency of cannabis products to 16 percent THC, would require everything to be sold in a child-resistant, opaque, resealable package and would require edibles to be packaged and sold only in single-serving amounts. “We would have to dilute our products to get them to 15 percent,” said Hindi, who estimates his extracts test between 70 percent and 80 percent THC and cater to patients who prefer the more potent product. Josh Hindi, whose Dabble Extracts is a medical-only concentrates company looking to expand to the recreational side, said such a THC limit “would remove concentrates in total from any kind of retail operation.” “This bill threatens to wipe out most infused product manufacturers, and its language is unclear as to what to do with edibles.” “I don’t think a lot of thought was put into the proposals,” said Slaugh, who’s also CEO of iComply. Mark Slaugh, executive director of the Cannabis Business Alliance, said he considers the proposed THC limit unconstitutional and that such a cap would send patients and recreational users to the gray and black markets. Opponents say the measures are unreasonable and could squash some of the legal cannabis industry’s most popular categories. The THC-limiting measures have the support of Smart Colorado, a group focused on youths amid cannabis commercialization. “Most of the marijuana coming in now, the flowers are being rated at a THC count of about 17 percent on average, so this is dramatically over, and we really don’t know that we’ve gotten the true feel on the health risks associated with that marijuana.” “All the studies that have been done on THC levels have been done on THC levels between 2 and 8 percent,” said Conti, whose district encompasses parts of Greenwood Village and Littleton. Kathleen Conti, say they’re being cautious until more research has been done on protecting the brain development of adolescents.
Supporters of the legislation, introduced by Republican state Rep. The average potencies of Colorado pot products are already higher - 17.1 percent for cannabis flowers and 62.1 percent for marijuana extracts, according to a state study. The initiative would limit the potency of “marijuana and marijuana products” to 15 percent or 16 percent THC. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĪ proposed ballot initiative and an amendment to a bill in the state House would cap the THC potency of recreational cannabis and marijuana products at a percentage below most of those products’ current averages.
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