Category: Marijuana

Illinois lawmakers call for ban on intoxicating hemp products, but retailers call for regulations

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Lawmakers joined the licensed cannabis industry Thursday in calling for a ban on intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8-THC, the retailers of which said would put them out of business. The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, which represents large licensed marijuana companies, called for allowing regulated sales of non-intoxicating hemp products like CBD, but prohibiting sales of intoxicants until a committee can recommend how to proceed. Tiffany Ingram, executive director of the association, called syntehtically-derived cannabinoids like Delta-8 and THC-O  “Frankenstein weed.” Hemp is the same cannabis plant that makes marijuana, but by law is supposed to have less than .3% […]

‘Wild West environment’ of mislabeled hemp products like Delta-8 THC prompts renewed calls for regulation

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A recent study that found dangerously mislabeled contents of unlicensed hemp products in Illinois, like Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC, is prompting a renewed call for regulation. The study by a University of Illinois Chicago researcher, found that such products “pose a clear danger” and a “huge risk” to consumers. “Without regulations being put in place and then fully enforced, this danger will continue, and more people will be harmed,” wrote former university researcher Jennifer Bash. In response, Ald. Brian Hopkins called for legislation to ban or regulate such products. “This is a completely unregulated, Wild West environment,” he said. The […]