Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Monday announced his office has shut down a Greeley firm that was selling over the internet high potency THC intoxicating products derived from hemp.

Weiser’s office last week reached a settlement with Gee Distributors, doing business as CBDDY, resolving a consumer fraud lawsuit. The settlement bars the firm and its owner, Christopher Eoff, now living in Arkansas, from operating any cannabis businesses or any businesses in related industries in Colorado.

The settlement also included a fine of $820,000, which was suspended due to Eoff filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Arkansas. Eoff declined comment.

The Colorado Attorney General’s office sued Eoff and his business in June of 2024, claiming CBDDY sold through a website high-potency THC distillate products labeled as “Orange Cream” and “Wedding Cake” and THC-infused gummies, drinks and lollipops.

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The lawsuit claimed that CBDDY listed its products as “100% compliant” with federal law, which under the federal Farm Bill of 2018 made hemp products legal if they had a THC concentration of no more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis.

The lawsuit claimed that undercover purchases of CBDDY products by an investigator included products that contained from two to 35 times the legal THC limit for hemp products.

“These representations were also dangerous,” the lawsuit claimed. “Consumers purchasing defendants’ products could easily become unexpectedly intoxicated, putting themselves and others at serious risk of harm.”

The lawsuit also claimed that a facility owned by CBDDY in Fort Collins had forged certificates of analysis for four products on the premises. In reality, the lab that CBDDY purported as providing those certificates of analyses had gone out of business, according to the lawsuit.

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The lawsuit alleged that CBDDY on its website’s blog made unsupported health claims, ranging from touting CBD as a treatment for dementia to potentially helping minimize the effects of concussions. In addition, according to the lawsuit, CBDDY failed to have a proper age verification system for purchase of products, which potentially allowed children to make purchases.

The enforcement announcement comes amid rising concerns about the safety of cannabis products being sold to consumers in Colorado. State regulators in May acknowledged that off-the-shelf surveillance testing may be needed to ensure products are free of contaminants.

Much of the concern focuses on a chemically processed form of THC — often synthesized from cheap, low THC hemp.

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from the largest marijuana cultivator in the state — Mammoth Farms — that claimed vulnerabilities exist in the Colorado’s testing system for marijuana products.

Denver District Court Judge Jill Dorancy ruled that the owner of Mammoth Farms, Justin Trouard, should have formally petitioned the state for specific rulemaking around expanded testing before seeking judicial intervention.

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