Just saw this from CTI:
UPDATES FROM CTI on HB1250 HEARING - THIS BILL BAN'S EDIBLES!
Message:
UPDATES FROM CTI on HB1250 HEARING
1) Hearing on HB1250 is still scheduled for Tues. March 1, 2011 after
adjournment of the full House. Exact time is still unknown, but best guess
is after 10am. Call the Capitol Bill Room for any last minute changes.
(303) 866-3055
2) Room for the hearing has been changed to the Old Supreme Court Chambers,
on the second floor of the state Capitol Building in Denver, due to CTIs
request for better handicapped accommodation.
3) Bill does ban edibles!
There have been some rumors going on that HB1250 does not really ban
edibles, only tinctures and ointments. This is false. The rumor is probably
due to a misreading of the bill. The bill amends the definition of "medical
marijuana infused product" created by the legislature in 2010. The bill
deletes the words "edible products" and "consumption" from the definition,
thus removing edible products from the definition of "medical marijuana
infused product" and making them illegal. Only "medical marijuana infused
products" as defined in the statute are legal. Since it removes these words
from the definition, it makes edible products ILLEGAL. The bill further
includes new language that says the definition of a medical marijuana
infused product "does not include a food or beverage that is ingested by
oral consumption." This sentence REMOVES food and beverages from the
definition of "medical marijuana infused products", thus prohibiting them
and making them illegal.
There will be last minute changes to the bill. At the hearing for HB1043,
citizens were not allowed to see these changes at the hearing. Be prepared
for anything.
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during the hearing, so they can see your comments on the testimony in
real-time.
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