“I thought that this fight was winnable. It’s a bill that does not cost the state a cent and that protects children from life-threatening overdoses of marijuana. I was wrong.”
By Mia Maldonado, Oregon Capital Chronicle
An attempt to limit how much THC can be in an individual edible isn’t advancing this year in Oregon.
Senate Bill 1548 was an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the production of individual edibles with more than 10 milligrams of THC, targeting edibles that are meant to be divided into several servings.
Sen. Lisa Reynolds, a Portland Democrat and pediatrician, introduced the bill in response to increasing reports of children seeking medical attention after consuming edibles resembling cookies, brownies and gummies. In 2023, children 5 and younger made up one-third of all cannabis-related cases reported to the Oregon Poison Center.
Major medical groups supported the bill, and it passed the Senate in a bipartisan 22-5 vote. But it died in the House after marijuana industry lobbyists convinced House lawmakers to hold the bill, Reynolds said in a newsletter.
“I thought that this fight was winnable,” Reynolds wrote. “It’s a bill that does not cost the state a cent and that protects children from life-threatening overdoses of marijuana. I was
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