| Colorado Marijuana Regulators Failed to Protect Consumers From Potential Contamination, Audit Finds Cannabis samples in the process of testing at Kaycha Labs in Denver Stephen Swofford/The Denver Gazette The agency charged with regulating Colorado's first-in-the-nation legal recreational marijuana market potentially put consumers at risk of using contaminated products, a new state audit found. The report pointed to inconsistent oversight by the Marijuana Enforcement Division and loose state rules around testing marijuana products or contaminants. As a result, it found, nearly 75% of marijuana processed for eventual sale from 2023 through 2025 evaded testing for pesticides. |