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Observatory Park man charged in wife's murder; pot shop pulls edibles (legal dope/slow cops=murder)
Longmont Times-Call ^ | 04/18/2014 | Jordan Steffen

Posted on 04/19/2014 8:40:57 AM PDT by catnipman

Prosecutors have filed a first-degree murder charge against a 47-year-old Observatory Park man accused of killing his wife while she pleaded for help on a call with a 911 operator.

Richard Kirk purchased marijuana candy about 6:40 p.m. Monday and is accused of shooting his wife to death about three hours later.

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The 44-year-old woman spent 13 minutes on the phone with the 911 operator. According to dispatch recordings, it took officers more than 15 minutes to arrive at the brick Tudor home.

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(Excerpt) Read more at timescall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; cops; marijuana; marijuanacandy; murder; pot; reefermadness
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To: catnipman

I’m not here to argue any of your points...


41 posted on 04/19/2014 1:32:07 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: EEGator

“It’s a shame you know many stupid people. If making something legal is what makes up their minds, they’re jackasses.”

They are by no means jackasses or stupid, merely curious and naive.


42 posted on 04/19/2014 1:34:13 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: steve86

“The problem is the FOUR to SIX times higher dose of THC in the edibles than what it “should” be. This should be regulated. You can’t sell beer with 20% alcohol.”

Technically, right now, there is no specific law in Colorado prohibiting “edibles” that contain lethal doses.


43 posted on 04/19/2014 1:35:10 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: GraceG

“As opposed to using it as a suppository?”

He didn’t know he was consuming a near-lethal dose. You know, like when you take an aspirin you think is the right dose, but the manufacturer made it 100 times stronger than labeled on the bottle.


44 posted on 04/19/2014 1:37:18 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SamAdams76

“What is this “marijuana edibles” I keep hearing about? I thought marijuana was something you smoked in a pipe or hand-rolled cigarette? Now I hear they are putting marijuana in Cadbury cream eggs, Snicker bars and even brownies! “

Unfortunately, it’s real, it’s legal in Colorado (but not the Federal law obama refuses to enforce), unregulated, unsupervised, and the manufacturing method is to chemically extract the THC and then combine arbitrarily high amounts of the extracted THC with candy, cookies, brownies, and soda pop, and then sell them commercially.


45 posted on 04/19/2014 1:39:42 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman

The man will plead diminished capacity and get off.


46 posted on 04/19/2014 4:20:35 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: DannyTN

I mean who makes the pot brownies, candy and other edibles? Do they have a license? Is there quality control and inspection? A little girl opens a lemonade stand and they are all over her.

Rush should have another “baked” sale in CO.


47 posted on 04/19/2014 4:33:03 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Mike Darancette

“The man will plead diminished capacity and get off.”

Probably. That is a recognized defense in Colorado. It won’t get his wife, his children’s mother, or his life back though.


48 posted on 04/19/2014 6:16:45 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: catnipman
Technically, right now, there is no specific law in Colorado prohibiting “edibles” that contain lethal doses.

Yes, I know; not in Washington either. But we're working on regulation to prohibit dangerous dosage.

49 posted on 04/19/2014 7:09:43 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: steve86

“But we’re working on regulation to prohibit dangerous dosage. “

I feel so much better now.


50 posted on 04/19/2014 7:14:32 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Mike Darancette

I suspect there is a license but no quality control.


51 posted on 04/19/2014 7:46:04 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: catnipman

I posted the comments I made here on every media outlet and forum I could find in Colorado about this issue. Looks like these and other similar comments have borne fruit:

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/04/18/colorado-deaths-stoke-worries-about-pot-edibles/

“The deaths occurred as Colorado lawmakers are scrambling to create safety regulations for the largely unmonitored marijuana snacks. On Thursday, the Legislature advanced a package of bills that would lower the amount of THC that could be permitted in a serving of food and require more extensive warning labels.”

In other words, the problem with uncontrolled, unregulated, and potentially lethal-dose “edibles” killing and maiming people thoughout Colorado has got the Colorado legislature in a huge panic!


52 posted on 04/20/2014 9:42:36 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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