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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 8, 2011

Medical Marijana-Laced Foods Unregulated

A web of laws and regulations serve to protect and inform consumers about the food they eat. But local, state and federal officials say that medical marijuana food products have fallen through the cracks.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


As municipalities throughout California grapple with regulating medical marijuana dispensaries, a side dish in the controversy is generating another dilemma.


Who's responsible for overseeing all of those marijuana-laced food products being sold along with the smokes? Answer? No one.


"Marijuana is not a monolithic drug. Each one has a different effect. Extrapolate that to edibles, a...

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