Gov. John Hickenlooper issues executive order to declare tainted pot a threat to public safety
Gov. John Hickenlooper (Colorado) on Thursday issued an executive order telling state agencies that any marijuana grown with unapproved pesticides is a threat to public safety and should be removed from commerce and destroyed.
The order is Hickenlooper’s first word on a months-old controversy over pesticide use to grow cannabis and a more aggressive approach than the half-dozen recalls by Denver heath officials have put on thousands of contaminated products, some of it later allowed back into commerce.
