{"id":2449880,"date":"2019-10-14T16:28:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T22:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=314360"},"modified":"2019-10-14T16:28:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T22:28:02","slug":"colorado-marijuana-regulators-finalizing-ban-on-certain-additives-in-cannabis-vape-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-marijuana-regulators-finalizing-ban-on-certain-additives-in-cannabis-vape-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado marijuana regulators finalizing ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image p402_hide\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AP19270614655559.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AP19270614655559.jpg 795w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AP19270614655559-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/AP19270614655559-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\"><figcaption><strong>In this Saturday, June 8, 2019 file photo, two women smoke cannabis vape pens at a party in Los Angeles. On Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more than three-quarters of the 805 confirmed and probable illnesses from vaping involved THC, the ingredient that produces a high in marijuana.<\/strong><br \/><em>Richard Vogel\/The Associated Press<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s marijuana regulators are finalizing a ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products, a significant step given new urgency by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/10\/10\/colorado-vaping-legislation-hickenlooper-polis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">a national crisis<\/a>&nbsp;over a mysterious lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana vape pens.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/09\/28\/vape-illness-regulation-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">state\u2019s Marijuana Enforcement Division proposed finalized rules<\/a>&nbsp;include prohibiting certain ingredients in marijuana vaping products that will be discussed in a Tuesday public hearing. The proposed changes were crafted with information from industry stakeholders\u2019 discussions and recommendations, said Shannon Gray, marijuana communications specialist at the Colorado Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed prohibitions in ingredients used in marijuana concentrates or products intended for inhalation include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Polyethylene glycol (PEG);<\/li>\n<li>Vitamin E Acetate; and<\/li>\n<li>Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT Oil)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good first step and positive sign,\u201d said Tyrell Towle, director of chemistry at the state\u2019s first licensed cannabis research facility MedPharm. \u201cIt shows MED is willing to take a strong action and go as far as banning a substance that could be harming people\u2019s health in an acute way, which is terrible. This lung disease comes quickly, and it can be devastating. To me, we should be doing everything we can to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen in Colorado.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/10\/14\/vaping-illness-regulation-marijuana-additives-colorado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Click here (opens in a new tab)\">Click here<\/a> to read the full story from The Denver Post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/colorado-marijuana-regulators-finalizing-ban-on-certain-additives-in-cannabis-vape-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Saturday, June 8, 2019 file photo, two women smoke cannabis vape pens at a party in Los Angeles. On Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said more than three-quarters of the 805 confirmed and probable illnesses from vaping involved THC, the ingredient that produces a high in marijuana.Richard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2449880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-19 15:27:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}