Colorado bill on pregnancy pot warnings questioned

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By Joey Bunch, The Denver Post

A bill to warn pregnant women about the dangers of using marijuana had some Colorado legislators on Monday questioning whether that would be constitutional, since the mandate from voters who passed 2012′s Amendment 64 was to regulate pot like alcohol.

After a rigorous debate, House Bill 1298 passed on a voice vote, but just barely. The House of Representatives will take a roll call vote within the next few days to determine if the bill dies or advances to the state Senate.

The legislation would require pot shops to “display in a conspicuous location a sign that warns pregnant women about the potential risks caused by marijuana.” The state health department would determine the signs’ language.

The bill also would prohibit marketing pot products to pregnant women.

http://www.thecannabist.co/2015/04/06/colorado-bill-pregnancy-marijuana/32656/

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1. The only way to know if it is dangerous is to legalize it

and follow women who smoked it during pregnancy.

My own feeling is that this is just more antidrug hysteria. I know women who smoked a lot of pot during pregnancy and the kids turned out fine.

They need to be able to prove this stuff before they start stripping civil rights from women on the off chance they might be pregnant.

And that's what this is about. They really don't give a shit about the babies.

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2. Or talk to most people born in the late 60's and 70's.

It's not dangerous, we already know.

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3. you are spot on

the part about not marketing to pregnant women seems to be a problem looking for a solution.

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4. 3. you are spot on

Was that solution creating a problem to justify itself?