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I'm not in Colorado but I saw one of the downsides the other day which is the manufacture of items like candy bars with multiple serving sizes of THC in the one bar. People aren't paying much attention to the serving sizes and there appears to be no restrictions in place yet on how much can be in a given food item. I'm in favor of legalization but there may need to be some more restrictions in place on how much THC could be included in any one item.

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But on the plus side, you can't overdose on THC (like alcohol, cocaine, heroin, etc). I will note that you can still do stupid things that endanger your life.

> But on the plus side, you can't overdose on THC

Sure, but you can still have a pretty bad time if you take too much and/or are very sensitive. It's known to cause tachycardia in some people, which is not something to be taken lightly.

Yes! The government should regulate to prevent you from a "pretty bad time" good use of everyone's time!

"Pretty bad time" is a euphemism for "could have serious negative health consequences." Yes, people can and do have very negative reactions to marijuana. Been there, done that.

People, especially those in their early 20s, tend to not pay attention to the serving size for alcohol, sometimes to the point of death. Those drinking for the first time often experience a hangover.

People, especially those of retirement age, tend to ignore the serving size for aspirin, to the point of 30k deaths per year.

THC is still rolling with a zero body count.

The patriarchy cannot save us from our own ignorance.

True, but we are talking about things like candy bars. Kids can pick up a candy bar and not realize that a candy bar that contains THC is any different than a regular candy bar. Not to mention that the candy bar may contain extreme dosages of THC.

Where are "kids" going to find these "candy bars" with "extreme" doses of, what, 100mg of THC? Where are their parents? Can these kids read or are we talking about toddlers? What are the consequences? Are they similiar to aspirin, the Clorox under your sink, or the pathongenic microrganisms in the streams that course through the city? Of course not.

Again, zero body count but tons of fear about something people have been doing since there were people.

Oh, and regulations mandate all edibles be served in child-resistant packaging.

This is true. It takes responsibility on the users part and possibly more education on the sellers part. But certainly the same is true with alcohol, caffeine, etc. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/07/01/caf...

> One teaspoon of the powder contains up to 1,600 milligrams of caffeine — about 70 cans of Red Bull.

Something is a bit off here.

I suspect the 0 is in err.

Yes, that would be just 20mg per can... I know that Red Bull is around 80mg per can and other energy drinks can be 275mg or more.

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