An interim study committee heard roughly six hours of testimony on Wednesday
“We’re not talking about flower and marijuana joints anymore of the 70s. These new products we’re talking about — cannabis-infused with pink lemonade gummies, candies, cookies, ice cream sodas — these are legally being sold in the state-regulated markets,” said Luke Niforatos, executive vice president of the nonprofit Smart Approaches to Marijuana.
“We may say we’re okay with that risk. We’ve normalized alcohol use, we’ve normalized tobacco use, and we’re okay with extending those consequences to kids. But we need to be open-eyed about what we’re doing in terms of the message we’re sending … we need to keep this from targeting kids.”
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