Despite massive levels of social media hysteria, Halloween came and went in Colorado without a single case of a cannabis-laced edible being found in a child’s trick-or-treat bag, according to Children’s Hospital in Denver. A new alleged threat, according to social media posts on Facebook and Twitter, has to do with company holiday parties: Will employees be spiking the brownies, instead of the punch this year?Not likely: the cost for hash oil and ground cannabis for home-baking edibles is high.Prepared edibles at Colorado’s retail dispensaries can cost $10 to $25 per dose. Purchasing cannabis to bake into cookies at home will set the prankster back about $8 per cookie, assuming they are considering Colorado’s new rule of 10 mg of THC per serving. Buying a bottle of bottom-shelf liquor to spike the punch is far more cost effective.Marijuana-infused products in gift baskets, even when the recipient knows what they are receiving, can be problematic under the law. Amendment 64 allows a resident to gift up to one ounce of marijuana to another Colorado resident over the age of 21. Residents can give an in-state non-resident up to a quarter ounce. Knowing how much marijuana the edibles in a gift represents can be a problem, if home-baked or purchased before Colorado’s new labeling requirements.Commercial gift basket makers are shying away from the industry. ìNo,î said Heather Zambrano, owner of The Original Basket Boutique in Falcon, as to whether she has been approached by potential clients for a marijuana infused or themed basket. ìAnd I don’t have a policy on it ó yet.îColorado Department of Revenue regulations require marijuana edibles to be no more than 10 mg of THC per serving, with a single wrapper containing no more than 10 servings. The state requires retail dispensaries to submit edibles to state-approved testing laboratories to make sure the servings don’t exceed that amount, according to DOR regulations.House Bill 1366 required the state to create a working group to develop rules to regulate edibles to prevent accidental consumption by children and unsuspecting adults. The working group adjourned in November, after months of negotiations without agreeing to any recommendations. The group will start meeting again in January to try to agree on the rules, which must be in place by 2016, according to the bill.
