Wyoming Senate wrestles with outlawing marijuana edibles
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers are struggling with how to craft legislation regulating marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug.
The Wyoming Senate on Monday voted to advance a bill making possession of more than 3 ounces of marijuana edibles a felony. However, senators continue to argue about how to measure the concentration of marijuana in the substances, and its potency.
The debate was prompted after a state district court judge ruled last year that the law outlawing marijuana refers specifically to pot in plant form and does not cover the extract found in edibles.
The Senate rejected an amendment sponsored by Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, to allow defendants charged with felony possession of marijuana edibles to argue the substances they possessed held the equivalent of less than 3 ounces of actual marijuana plant material.
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