Future of delta-8 in question as lawmakers and hemp industry square off

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In Alabama, lawmakers moved to ban delta-8 and similar products in 2021 and 2022, but settled for a bill that restricts their sale to those 21 and older. Similar fights have been playing out in other states wrestling with the proliferation of intoxicating products with limited federal oversight.

Delta-8, delta-9 and THC-A products have flooded into U.S. states that don’t allow the legal sale of marijuana. The recreational use of marijuana is not legal in Alabama, however, you can find storefront signs, like this one pictured in Birmingham advertising the sale of those products which are legal.

The wave of new products stems from the Agricultural Improvement Act, also known as the farm bill, which legalized hemp, a close cousin of marijuana. The bill imposes strict limits on the amount of THC that plants can contain. The reporting found a sharp rise in reports to poison control centers involving delta-8 products, in particular. Close to a third involved children under six years old.

A dozen states have enacted outright bans on the sale of delta-8 and some other hemp products. Seven, including Arizona, have attempted to to regulate delta-8 within theirWisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he wants to ban delta-8 and similar products and plans to take up the issue in the next legislative session, early next year.in 2023 imposing an age limit of 21 to buy delta-8 products.

 

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