Will they or won’t they? Larimer County to decide on recreational pot edibles
Anya Semenoff, The Denver Post
Marijuana edibles are displayed at a marijuana shop in Denver.
By Pamela Johnson, Reporter-Herald
Owners of the two marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated Larimer County have asked the county commissioners for a firm decision on whether they can sell recreational edible products.
“They’d like to have a definitive yes or no,” said Lew Gaiter, one of three elected commissioners. “One of the biggest issues is that it’s in limbo.”
Gaiter expects the board to take up the request to sell edibles at a Tuesday administrative matters meeting in the near future, to give the owners of the dispensaries a clear answer.
Three years ago, when the county allowed its two dispensaries to expand from medicinal to the then newly allowed recreational marijuana, they banned recreational edible products out of health safety concerns, including worries about children mistaking them for candies or cookies because of the packaging.
Now, the dispensary owners say, regulation of edibles has changed to make the packaging childproof and the marketing clear about what does and does not contain marijuana. They say those concerns have been addressed.
Plus, Fort Collins allows its 13 dispensaries to sell the edible products for recreation as well as medicine, which the dispensary owners in unincorporated Larimer County pointed out puts them at a competitive disadvantage because both of their businesses are on the outskirts of Fort Collins.
At a recent work session, the commissioners acknowledged that disadvantage but wanted to hear from the Larimer County Board of Health before deciding whether to reconsider the ban.
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