Do I Really Have to Take a THC Flier Every Time I Buy Hash?

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Dear Stoner: The dispensary I go to for wax makes me leave with a warning flier about THC every time I make a purchase, no matter how many times I've been in there. The budtenders say it's a state requirement and they have to do it. Is that true?
Travis

Dear Travis: The pamphlets stem from a 2021 law intended to curb daily concentrate sales, medical marijuana access and youth usage in Colorado. Part of the law also called on the state to keep a closer eye on the public health impact of potent cannabis products and for dispensaries to hand out information detailing the potential health risks of consuming concentrated THC, but only to customers purchasing extracted products intended for smoking or vaping.

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Colorado Marijuana Enforcement Division

There was a lot of confusion among dispensary owners when the fliers debuted, with most of their frustration centered on having to pay for them and the waste all of that paper caused. The state initially responded by saying that customers don't have to carry out a flier with every purchase, and that dispensaries could meet the requirement by providing the pamphlets at the point of sale and directing purchasers to the resource. However, that stance has since changed, with current regulatory language saying the budtender "shall physically attach to the consumer's receipt of sale, product container, or exit package."

I can see why new users should get more facts and education about the health impacts of smoking, dabbing and consistent consumption of high-THC products, but to force it on every sale is a bit overkill — especially to all of those trees.

Correction: This article was updated on March 21 to correct an error that the THC warning pamphlet did not have to be handed out with every purchase if it were at the point of sale.