The House should reject delay of hemp regulations
Congress has already taken the necessary steps to close the "hemp loophole." Now, the House of Representatives has a simple choice: uphold the law and protect children, or grant the intoxicating hemp industry another opportunity to profit from an addiction-for-profit business model.
TL;DR
- Congress has taken steps to close the "hemp loophole."
- The House of Representatives must choose between upholding the law to protect children or allowing the intoxicating hemp industry to profit.
- A proposed one-month delay by the Senate on restrictions for delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids is seen as harmful.
- The loophole originated from the 2018 farm bill, which set a 0.3% limit for delta-9 THC from hemp but did not address other intoxicating cannabinoids.
- This gap has allowed an industry to emerge and exploit the situation.