Six years after Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp at the federal level, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is attempting to rein in the proliferation of products that contain intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids. While many support the aims of the proposal, some stakeholders contend it could ultimately limit access to federally legal CBD […]
Because products sold as non-psychoactive should generally actually be non-psychoactive. Though personally I appreciate it from the perspective of I’d like to be able to eat hemp protein without failing a drug test.
I feel you on that, but drug tests are bullshit anyway. Unless a test can reliably tell that you’re under the influence at work, they shouldn’t be able to use them.
I mean, agreed, but I’m working for the DOT so… Not a lot I can do about that at least until it gets rescheduled. Hopefully if it gets rescheduled people can get a federally acknowledged prescription and the ADA should take care of the rest.
No. Only ∆9 is limited. Per the farm bill, thca is hemp, so the same stuff you would buy at a dispensary can be legally purchased online and shipped to all but a handful of states. It’s all about the money.
Why?
Because products sold as non-psychoactive should generally actually be non-psychoactive. Though personally I appreciate it from the perspective of I’d like to be able to eat hemp protein without failing a drug test.
I feel you on that, but drug tests are bullshit anyway. Unless a test can reliably tell that you’re under the influence at work, they shouldn’t be able to use them.
I mean, agreed, but I’m working for the DOT so… Not a lot I can do about that at least until it gets rescheduled. Hopefully if it gets rescheduled people can get a federally acknowledged prescription and the ADA should take care of the rest.
If it were just about protecting the public, they would require a label of ingredients, which most items already have.
The… The ingredient is hemp, it’s one ingredient.
But aren’t we talking trace amounts?
No. Only ∆9 is limited. Per the farm bill, thca is hemp, so the same stuff you would buy at a dispensary can be legally purchased online and shipped to all but a handful of states. It’s all about the money.
Because it cuts into profits and taxes from dispensaries.
I think this is more accurately the reason why he’s making a big deal. They tax every sale from the dispensary.