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Colorado last year became the first U.S. state to begin the
regulated sale to adults of marijuana for recreational use.
This year's County Fair in the state capital Denver included
exhibitors selling marijuana-themed merchandise and other
products at a "Pot Pavilion", where Jordan Coombs said he was
given the confections.
In a negligence lawsuit filed in state court on Thursday, Coombs
said he was hospitalized after ingesting the chocolate, which
was handed out by staff at an exhibition booth for LivWell, a
Denver-based marijuana retailer.
Coombs said he "projectile vomited" in his car and that
emergency room physicians diagnosed him "as overdosing on THC,"
the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, the lawsuit said.
LivWell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The fair said in its promotional advertising that no actual
marijuana would be allowed on the grounds, the lawsuit said.
"During our event we had a very strict policy that all of our
vendors agree to, banning all marijuana ... products from the
fair," Denver County Fair officials said in a statement.
Colorado regulators last week proposed rules governing the
potency of marijuana-laced food after two deaths possibly linked
to such products made headlines.
(Reporting by Keith Coffman in Denver, Colorado; Writing by Eric
M. Johnson, editing by John Stonestreet)
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