Nevada Lawmakers Take Aim At Marijuana Candy
July 1st is the day when legal recreational marijuana sales are slated to begin in Nevada.
Now that they’ve legalized it, lawmakers are considering a slew of new bills on how to regulate it.
On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to discuss an array of cannabis related topics to include how to make marijuana edibles less enticing to children and ways to bar employers from retaliating against workers who are involved in the marijuana industry.
According to a report in the Nevada Independent, much of the concern around marijuana candy stems from the heavily funded 2016 anti-legalization campaign whose message, “hinged on the idea that [legalization] would bring a rush of candy-like edible marijuana products to Nevada, and children could accidentally overdose on pot-infused gummy bears and lollipops,” the paper reports.
There’s also concern that children will be attracted to the colorful packaging associated with some cannabis edible brands.
If passed the bill, dubbed SB344, would place Nevada at the top of the list as the state with the toughest rules on marijuana packaging and advertising in the nation.
The bill would ban edibles that appear to look like candy as well as banning the term “candy” itself from all packaging. Basically, if it looks like fruit or a cartoon characters, it would be illegal to sell in Nevada. The bill also bans advertising that appeals to children.
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