Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More Than a Year.

“Regulators knew this marijuana product was harming people. It stayed on shelves for more than a year.”

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division sat on liver-damage reports tied to a cannabis sleep aid called Midnight Drops for about 15 months before telling the public anything. The product stayed on shelves the whole time. Legalization was supposed to bring testing and accountability that the black market never had. Instead it bought the same regulatory foot-dragging as every other industry that gets to police itself.