Five immediate concerns for a state that just legalized marijuana
Hey, Arkansas, California, Florida, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, Nevada and North Dakota, you just adopted some new marijuana laws.
So what now?
The Cannabist chatted with the state of Colorado’s marijuana czar, Andrew Freedman, and policy expert Mark Slaugh, whose firm iComply works with governments drafting marijuana regulations, about some of the biggest and unique challenges facing a newly legalized state.
First steps
“They should form something similar to the Amendment 64 task force,” Freedman said, referencing the coalition formed after the passage of Colorado’s adult-use marijuana initiative in November 2012. The state had to create a brand-new set of rules for regulating the modern world’s first recreational marijuana sales that began Jan. 1, 2014.
The task force’s members represented a variety of government agencies, as well as legal, business and community interests.
“This was not something that was unanimously thought of as a good idea,” said Freedman, who serves as the...
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