Get the potency right on pot labels

The founder of the annual 4/20 rally in Civic Center told a Denver Post reporter last weekend that his "favorite aspect of these events is that people can come together and agree that the government is still oppressive."

Sorry, Miguel Lopez. The word "oppressive" has an array of meanings, but none fits the indulgent toleration of marijuana in Denver.

Rather than complain about mythical oppression, maybe pot users should worry about problems in the industry itself. Such as the fact that marijuana manufacturers continue to severely mismeasure their products' potency and falsely advertise, according to a recent report by The Denver Post's Ricardo Baca.

Not only does this practice amount to consumer fraud, but it lulls customers into a false understanding that could be potentially hazardous to their health.

Lawmakers and regulators were right to demand that labels on edible marijuana packages remind customers that a single dose is 10 milligrams and that it...

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