Deep dive: Why Colorado has struggled to regulate pot pesticides

State regulators have known since 2012 that marijuana was grown with potentially dangerous pesticides, but pressure from the industry and lack of guidance from federal authorities delayed their efforts to enact regulations, and they ultimately landed on a less restrictive approach than originally envisioned.

Denver lifts hold on marijuana products after testing for pesticides

Denver cracks down on pesticide use in pot products

Denver health officials Tuesday began inspecting and quarantining hundreds of marijuana products because their labels listed pesticides not approved for use on cannabis.

Marijuana Edible Regulations

New rules in effect for Colorado marijuana edibles Feb. 1

Colorado’s pot industry faces its first major regulatory shift of 2015 on Sunday when popular but controversial infused edibles must comply with new packaging, labeling and potency restrictions. Consumers stand to benefit, not just from rules that should make consumption safer but in cut-rate prices in the short term.

303 Kush (marijuana review)

303 Kush (marijuana review)

Where a buzz hits you can tell you a lot about what you’ll be in for. Here, the 303 Kush sat in the center of my head — right behind my eyes — and camped out. This is the kind of “Magic Eye High” where you find yourself looking at something, but also through it at the same time. And, to be fair, this is exactly what I was looking for.

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Parenting: Worried about THC while trick-or-treating?

Does legal weed mean my little trick-or-treater is going to get a candy stash tainted with pot-infused edibles? It sounds crazy, right? With a newly legal and intoxicating substance widely available in Colorado and Washington, the magnifying glass is being turned on cannabis-infused edibles.

File photo: Marijuana plant

Lots of pot on ballot for Colorado voters to consider

Several marijuana measures, mostly tax questions, are on ballots across the state this election season, including whether Lakewood will allow recreational shops in the city of 145,000 residents.

Lawsuit filed over alleged weed-laced chocolate at Denver County Fair

More people joining in Denver County Fair pot lawsuit

Seven people are now named as plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against a company accused of giving people samples of marijuana-laced chocolate at the Denver County Fair’s “Pot Pavilion,” which was supposed to be drug-free.

The Polar Plunge at Boulder Reservoir. Photo by Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post

A stoney NYE in Colorado

If there was a bigger year than 2013 in the history of cannabis, people are getting too high now to remember it. The passage of Amendment 64 in November thrust Colorado into the national spotlight as one of the most progressive states in the union when it comes to smoking…