Health committee  Absolutely not. No.

Health committee  Yes, I think they should. As far as regulation is concerned, we don't regulate to that degree for products that people bring home. There is regulation that for home-grows they have to be locked in a locked area if anyone under 21 is in the home. Really, within that age range it b

Health committee  There was not, according to our primary data sources.

Health committee  We don't think we've perfected it, and there are limitations within the system. For example, with our laboratory proficiency testing, we've had challenges. A lot of these come from the federal limitations. There are things, particularly pesticides, that for all other products are

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  You could certainly make a reasonable argument to regulate and to perhaps be more restrictive at first and to allow more later. I think the danger in having looser restrictions is that you would later see that you wanted to tighten those up. I would not unwaveringly argue that

Health committee  I think we have solid regulations. I think we have some room for improvement still.

Health committee  They were part of our initial legalization passed in 2012. Dispensary sales were allowed to begin January 1, 2014.

Health committee  We're seeing a slight decline from the peak, but it still remains higher than it was previously. By the way, you say everything, but in terms of use, we have not seen increases in youth or adult use.

Health committee  Really, our primary concern initially was seeing an increase in calls to the poison centre and emergency department visits, in particular among younger age groups. We had a few cases of over-consumption leading to accidents. That was the impetus to try to increase regulation. A

Health committee  I think ultimately they should be included, but it's very important to get it right. If that takes some time and some learning from the smoked market, I would be in agreement with that.

Health committee  The term “a lot” is I think important to comment on, because we have seen an increase, as I mentioned, in both poison centre calls and emergency department visits, relative to other reasons that people are making those calls—

Health committee  Right, so let's focus on the zero to eight-year age group for accidental exposure. With regard to poison centre calls, at the peak in Colorado, for one in 10,000 children there was a call related to marijuana. I'll also mention that outcomes related to that were not severe. The m

Health committee  Some portion of those were about smokable marijuana. Children can pick up a bud and put it in their mouth as well. The majority were edibles.

Health committee  I think it's going to happen whether you allow it or not, so, again, bringing something into the regulated market is probably better than having it unregulated. In Colorado for home-grows, the real problem we've run into is extended plant counts and the ability for a caretaker i