Amid concern about kids, Colorado bans edible pot shapes

Amid concern about kids, Colorado bans edible pot shapes

DENVER

A ban on gummy bears and other edible marijuana products shaped like animals, people and fruit takes effect this month in Colorado.

It aims to decrease the likelihood small children will mistake them for a favorite treat.

The change is less dramatic for Colorado’s cannabis companies than adapting to last fall’s rollout of exhaustive requirements for labeling, packaging and stamps on individual edible marijuana products.

But it’s motivated by the same concerns about children popping tasty-looking products into their mouths and getting sick or people who intend to use edible marijuana but accidently overdo it and need to visit a hospital.

Manufacturers say they’ve had more than year to prepare and don’t expect any problems meeting the deadline.

Other states where marijuana is legal have similar restrictions, including Washington.

Trump says envoy ‘wasting his time’ talking to N. Korea

BRANCHBURG, N.J.

President Donald Trump says his chief diplomat is “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with North Korea about its nuclear and missile programs.

Trump tweets this advice to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: “Save your energy, Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!”

The president isn’t elaborating, but he told the United Nations last month that if the U.S. is “forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.”

Tillerson – while in China – said Saturday the U.S. is maintaining direct channels of communications with North Korea and probing the North’s willingness to talk.

Trump says he’s told Tillerson that “he’s wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man.” That’s a reference to leader Kim Jong Un.

Canada police investigate attack, chase as terrorism

EDMONTON, Alberta

Canadian police say an attack on an officer outside a football game and a high-speed chase of a U-Haul that left four people injured are being investigated as acts of terrorism.

Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht said early Sunday officers have one person in custody and they think he acted alone.

The chaos began outside a Canadian Football League game when police say a vehicle rammed a traffic control barricade and sent an officer flying.

Knecht said the driver then got out and attacked the officer with a knife.

A few hours later, a U-Haul van was stopped at an impaired driving check stop and the driver sped off with police in pursuit.

Police say the U-Haul hit and injured four pedestrians before it rolled and the suspect was arrested.

Sikh man wins leadership of fed Canada party

TORONTO

A Sikh man has become the first visible minority to claim the leadership of a federal party in Canada.

Jagmeet Singh claimed a first-ballot triumph Sunday in the contest for leader of the leftist New Democrat party. He is 38.

Singh wears a turban as is traditional for Sikhs, and he recently made headlines for his calm reaction to being confronted by an angry heckler who accused him of wanting to bring Sharia law to Canada even though he is not Muslim. He asked his guests to chant “love and courage” when confronted.

The former lawyer will have an uphill battle when he challenges Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s governing Liberal Party in the next election. Singh’s party has just 44 of the 338 seats in Parliament.

Associated Press