A 54-YEAR-OLD MAN.
WE'RE TOLD BRITAIN KNEW THE
VICTIM BUT THE NAME HAS NOT
BEEN RELEASED.
NEW TONIGHT, A PAIR OF
DENVER POT DISPENSARIES HAVE
RECALLED THEIR PRODUCTS AFTER
LEARNING THAT UNAPPROVED
PESTICIDES MAY HAVE BEEN USED.
HOWARD NATHAN JOINS US LIVE IN
DENVER.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
Reporter: WELL, TOM, THIS IS
SACRED SEED BEHIND ME.
INSIDE IS A GROW HOUSE.
THE CEO TELLS ME THE EMPLOYEES
ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO SPRAY
PESTICIDES THREE TIMES A WEEK.
HOWEVER, HE TELLS ME ONE OF THE
EMPLOYEES USED PESTICIDES NOT
APPROVED BY THE STATE.
HE PULLED HIS POT WORTH
SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
FOR MORE PRODUCT SAFETY
TESTING.
A SAMPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
RESIDUE OF THREE PESTICIDES THE
STATE SAYS CANNOT BE USED
LEGALLY ON MARIJUANA.
THE DENVER CITY/COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE EXPLAINS
WHAT'S BEHIND THE RECALL.
SENATE'S VERY LIKELY THERE IS
NOT AN ACUTE REACTION, BECAUSE
WE DON'T SEE PEOPLE GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL EVERY DAY.
HOWEVER, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE
ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT THE LONG-
TERM IMPACTS MIGHT BE THROUGH
REPETITIVE USE.
Reporter: DENVER
RECREATIONAL AND SACRED SEED
VOLUNTARILY RECALLED THEIR
PRODUCT.
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS A
SHELF THAT HAS FOUR STRAINS OF
CAN ANY BIRKS AND WE NORMALLY
HAVE ROUGHLY 40 STRAINS.
SO WE PULLED 90% OF THE PRODUCT
OFF THE SHELF.
Reporter: WHAT HAPPENED TO
HIS POT?
JEREMY SAYS AN EMPLOYEE TOOK A
SHORTCUT AND USED THE WRONG
PESTICIDE.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER HIRED THE
GUY HAD I KNOWN THIS WAS GOING
TO HAPPEN BUT WE HAD TO REASON
TO BELIEVE THIS WAS SOMETHING
HE WAS CAPABLE OF.
Reporter: JAMES OFFERED NO
EXPLANATION.
HE TOLD ME HE'S WORKING WITH
THE CITY AND STATE TO FIND OUT
HOW THE WRONG PESTICIDE
INFILTRATED HIS PRODUCT.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT
SACRED SEED EMPLOYEE WHO
KNOWINGLY VIOLATED COMPANY
GUIDELINES?
HE LOST HIS JOB.
Reporter: BOTH OF THOSE
MARIJUANA SHOPS HOPE TO GET THE
ALL CLEAR ON MONDAY OR SO.
IN THE MEANTIME IF YOU THINK
YOU GOT SOME PRODUCT THAT MIGHT
NOT BE 100% CORRECT, RETURN
THEM TO THE STORES.
IN THE MEANTIME THIS ALL MAY
BEA MOOT POINT COME EARLY NEXT
YEAR WHEN MANDATORY ROUTINE
