Colorado Springs Pot Recall Stretches Back Nearly a Year, Involves 16 Dispensaries

This article was updated on Friday, August 25, after the Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division Issued a revised version of the recall with new information.

Colorado's latest marijuana recall stretches back nearly a year and involves sixteen dispensaries. An August 18 health and safety notice from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division announced a recall over potentially unsafe mold and yeast levels in marijuana shake and trim produced by Colorado Springs dispensary and growing operation P2C3 LLC, better known as Springs Dispo.

The recalled products were initially reportedly sold at fourteen other dispensaries across the state, but the MED has since issued a revised recall removing eight of those dispensaries from the notice, including Apothecary Farms, Grow Life, Herbal Healing, Hightops, High Valley Healing, RiNo Supply Co., Doctors Orders in Colorado Springs and the now-closed Doctor's Orders in Denver.

However, ten new dispensaries (listed below) were added to the recall, and the MED has modified the dates of the recalled marijuana sales and added additional harvest batches, as well.

The MED had originally reported that the recalled marijuana was sold to medical patients and consumers from June 29, 2022, through May 18 of this year. According to the updated notice, the recalled product was sold from October 22, through August 20 of this year.

"Consumers who have this affected marijuana in their possession should destroy it or return it to the Regulated Marijuana Store from which it was purchased for proper disposal. Consumers who experience adverse health effects from consuming the marijuana flower should seek medical attention immediately and report the event to the Marijuana Enforcement Division by submitting a MED Reporting Form," the recall notice reads.

The MED lists the recalled strains in the updated memo, as well as a cultivation license number printed on all products produced by the Springs Dispo facility: 403-01300. In addition to Springs Dispo, the recalled products were sold at a Pueblo West dispensary offering medical and recreational sales called the Dispo. According to MED ownership records, Springs Dispo owners Demian Deforest, Timothy Ionno and Nicholas Stipanovich also own the Dispo.

Springs Dispo could not be reached for comment. Here's the updated list of dispensaries included in the Springs Dispo recall:

Best Budz
3729 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs
719-598-0168

Bobby Brown Best Buds
506 South Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs
719-645-8058

Vital Cannabis
1675 Jet Wing Drive, Colorado Springs
719-375-5799

Jade Kola (now closed)
3750 Astrozon Boulevard Street, Colorado Springs

Springs Dispo
2845 Ore Mill Road, Colorado Springs,
719-633-8499

Kika Kush
555 North Circle Drive, Colorado Springs
719-434-1493

The Dispo (sold to medical and recreational customers)
893 East Enterprise Drive, Pueblo West
719-873-8286

Reefer Madness (formerly known as Little Brown House)
1995 South Broadway
303-282-6206

Green Dragon
813 Smithfield Drive
970-225-5420

The Dispensary — Colorado Springs
2205 Montebello Square Drive, Colorado Springs
719-368-7606

Ajoya
1100 West Dillon Road, Louisville
303-665-5596

Grant Pharms MMC
320 Prairie Road, Colorado Springs
719-387-1633

Healthy Leaf
3715 Drennan Road, Colorado Springs
719-216-5452

Haylow Cannabis Company
1330 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs
719-368-7987

Ripple Cannabis Co.,
3615 East Platte Avenue, Colorado Springs
719-358-6449

Third Day Apothecary
4865 North Academy Boulevard, Colorado Springs
719-266-6699

The MED has issued a dozen recalls over the past five months, all connected to forms of mold and yeast, and fifteen recalls overall this year. The majority of recent recalls from the MED also include alerts for marijuana that was "improperly submitted for testing" or "not submitted for testing in accordance" with MED rules.

Marijuana business owners received a memo in June from the MED announcing that state investigators had identified numerous examples of product adulteration by businesses attempting to cheat contaminant testing, and warning that growers caught skirting the system will soon be subject to stricter fines and licensing penalties.