Act Today Regarding Legal Cannabis Implementation in Minnesota
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Please request a Public Hearing process by 4:15PM today
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Minnesota's Office of Cannabis Management's (OCM) proposal ignores proven common sense safeguards
Warning labels have educated millions about health risks of tobacco products.
OCM is rejecting scientifically recommended warning labels of the US Surgeon General, MDH, and the CDC.
even the Pregnant-use warning label has been stripped
Agency chief & licensed attorney, Eric Taubel, is capriciously rejecting warning labels against pregnant THC use, which would reduce harms including psychotic-like events & behaviors in the next generation of children.
Cannabis businesses target pregnant women in spite of known fetal poisoning risk.
Eric Taubel, Interim Director of OCM and licensed attorney, has been tasked with skirting a Public Hearing process about legal cannabis implementation
Findings This cross-sectional analysis of 11 489 children (655 exposed to cannabis prenatally) found that prenatal cannabis exposure after maternal knowledge of pregnancy was associated with greater psychopathology during middle childhood, even after accounting for potentially confounding variables. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2770964
In California, an estimated 10% of mothers use cannabis (THC) during pregnancy. In Colorado, a study found 70% of pot shops recommend intoxicating cannabis for morning sickness. These proposed rules should be condemned. Please demand a PUBLIC HEARING process that will expose these concerns.
10% of mothers in legal shop states use during pregnancy. Pot shops target them promising cures for morning sickness.
"Findings This cross-sectional analysis of 11 489 children (655 exposed to cannabis prenatally) found that prenatal cannabis exposure after maternal knowledge of pregnancy was associated with greater psychopathology during middle childhood, even after accounting for potentially confounding variables." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2770964
tHE AGENCY'S PROCESS AVOIDED public health & welfare consideration
YOUR HELP BY 4:15 PM TODAY (FEB 12TH) IS NEEDED
Submit a comment today online, by fax, or postmarked today.
Please request the public hearing process, as the proposal has clearly neglected basic concerns.
Be sure to mention at least one specific concern (see suggested list, below).
This proposal legal cannabis implementation was written almost entirely with regard to the interests of commercial enterprise (of addictive drugs). The public hearing process would force a much more rigorous process involving a public tribunal reviewing relevant considerations.
- Submit a comment and request online at the OAH Online Comment Portal by 4:15PM
- Fax a comment and request to (651) 530-0310 referencing: "OAH Docket No. 8-9062-40360, Revisor’s ID Number 4844" by 4:15PM
- Postmark a letter via USPS to "Office of Administrative Hearings, 600 North Robert Street, P.O. Box 64620, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620" and at the top of your letter list the subject as "OAH Docket No. 8-9062-40360, Revisor’s ID Number 4844."
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Range of problems in these rules Needing further review via public hearing:
9810.1003 Petitioning the Office
Should add clause "G" for a Petition option modification for the health and safety of Minnesotans
9810.1100 General Business Operations
Additional items should be added to general requirements for the operations of cannabis businesses?
If customer discusses giving product to children or those lacking independent faculty?
Subpart 3. What records should cannabis businesses be required to keep?
9810.1102 Cannabis and Hemp Workers
No requirement that businesses not hire employees with significant signs of cannabis use disorder.
No requirement that businesses advise or require employees with substance use disorders to consider or receive treatment.
No requirement that businesses advise employees of how to get treatment for cannabis and substance use disorder.
No training required for sales agents to urge caution to unhabituated or first-time users.
9810.1301 Track and Trace; System Administration
Little, comprehensively to ward off and enforce against diversion and unreported materials.
9810.1400 Packaging and labeling requirements.
Nothing about pregnancy. Adverse health requirements, etc. Signs of cannabis use disorder. Impairment and hazards.
Warning label must be on final use container—not outside packaging. User needs to have material accessible for consideration if experiencing substance use disorder symptoms.
Nothing about not using cannabis whilst using firearms
Nothing about not using cannabis whilst operating heavy machinery or driving a vehicle, including recreational vehicles like snowmobiles
9810.1500 Business Security
Subpart 5 Theft and diversion
Nothing to address the significant diversion risk that cannabis businesses obtain and sell unregulated and untaxed product as an illegal side business.
9810.2000 Cultivation
Nothing appropriately monitoring water quality impact.
Nothing mandating water-use assessment in areas of weak aquifers
Otherwise:
Nothing about a protocol for impairment or cannabinoid-use testing during snowmobile, four-wheeler, or recreational vehicle operator accident incidents where property damage or personal injury warrant investigation.
Nothing about a protocol for impairment or cannabinoid-use testing during certain motor vehicle accidents where property damage or personal injury warrant investigation.
