A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country …

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including sometimes from vending machines or online.

A letter dated March 20 addresses the consequences of Republican lawmakers’ choice to legalize hemp production in the 2018 omnibus Farm Bill — a decision that perhaps inadvertently led to a multibillion-dollar market in intoxicating cannabis products that are arguably federally legal.

Now, the attorneys general want Congress to shutter the market it helped create. In the new Farm Bill, they want the legislature to enshrine in statute the idea that intoxicating cannabis is not federally legal — contrary to what the law currently states.

  • treefrog@lemm.ee
    41·
    8 months ago

    Started buying Farm Bill hemp products over COVID. I’m surprised really that it took them this long to start pushing to change it.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      13·
      8 months ago

      So many hemp products available these days. You can get hemp dog chews! My dog loves them! No, they don’t get her high.

      I guess these AGs don’t want those businesses anymore.

      • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
        9·
        8 months ago

        I fully expected my state AG to have been one of the signatories on that (they’ve made a big stink about this in the past), but surprisingly they weren’t.

        Our legislature did outlaw D8 last year, but somehow it’s still being sold (yay).

        There are two companies in-state that rely on this law (Blue Ridge and Thrax). Blue Ridge is ran by veterans, and both would have been affected (read: shut down completely). I don’t know the details, but I want to say they lobbied and I guess are allowed to continue?

        My AG is a complete scumbag, but I guess shutting down a family / vereran-run business was too much bad press even for him. The tax revenue is probably just a bonus.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          11·
          8 months ago

          As far as outlawing delta-8, I that’s going to be a losing battle, especially since there’s already delta-10. They can’t outlaw hemp because of the farm bill and, while it does take a lot of hemp, it’s pretty trivial to extract THC from it.

          Unfortunately, my AG is a much bigger scumbag than yours. I live in Indiana. Guess which AG has the very first signature on this letter?

          Todd Rokita may very well be the worst AG in the country. And he’s constantly wasting taxpayer money on things like taking trips down to the southern border, as if Indiana had something to do with it.

    • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      8 months ago

      For real. I was pretty skeptical but I really can’t tell the difference between the delta 9 THC edibles I buy (in a state without even medical) and the real thing.

      If they reverse this, a shit load of tax dollars are going back to states with legal recreational cannabis.

      • smooth_tea@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 months ago

        Just to be clear “Delta 9 THC” is the “real thing”.

        Delta 8 is also real but a minor cannabinoid with a milder effect.

      • SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 months ago

        From my understanding, when it comes to edibles, your liver converts both delta-9 and delta-8 into 11-hydroxy-thc so the effect should be almost exactly the same. Where as when you smoke or vape delta-8 or delta-9 there is no conversion that happens which leads to differing effects.

        • The Assman@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          8 months ago

          That’s interesting because I never really got much out of the delta-8/9 carts. I’ve tried a few over the years hoping they’d get better; guess I’ll quit doing that lol