Marijuana grown under a Colorado medical cultivation permit can now be reclassified as retail and sold in adult-use stores, one of a bevy of new rules that went into effect in the state Thursday.
Among the other tweaks to state law announced by the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division (MED) are new safety protections for employees engaged in cannabis manufacturing and an extended eligibility period for would-be social equity licensees.
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Workers engaged in “certain” manufacturing tasks are now required to wear respirators as well as masks and goggles.
And equity applicants now have two years to navigate the licensing process after a finding of eligibility, up from one year.
Also, a report on “intoxicating hemp products,” such as hemp-derived delta-9 THC, is due to the Colorado Legislature on Jan. 1, the MED announced in a news release.
That report could recommend changes to state law.
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