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Cannabis industry seeks packaging changes to cut plastic; health officials warn of child‑safety risks
Summary
Senate Bill 63‑03 would let LCB allow multi‑use resealable packaging and loosen per‑serving wrapping for edibles, and require removable‑battery standards for vapes. Producers and sustainability groups said changes reduce millions of pieces of plastic; poison‑center and public‑health witnesses warned looser unit‑dose rules increase accidental ingestions, particularly among young children.
Marlon Ioannis, committee staff, summarized Senate Bill 63‑03 on Feb. 2, saying the bill directs the Liquor and Cannabis Board to adopt rules that permit certain solid cannabis edibles to be sold in single multi‑use resealable containers without individual wrapping when conditions are met, allow multi‑unit packaging for concentrates if the package does not exceed authorized purchase amounts, and to adopt technical standards for removable batteries in vapor devices with a one‑year phase‑in.
Sponsor Senator Sharon Shoemake said growers and…
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