Fucking Epstein Class cowards hiding this shit.
The ONLY silver lining is that maybe some states will allow it, like CO and CA on actual weed. And that will encourage them to just make the real stuff legal too.
It’s been 7 years and the world wasn’t destroyed by weed addicts.
Since the legalization in Germany in April, there has been nothing. No spiking crime rates, no spiking usage numbers, but still conservatives lose their shit Bavarian conservatives especially. You know, those conservatives who drink for tradition, not for fun.
What do you have to do to move to Germany? Is it true thc drug testing in the workplace is less widespread in Germany than in the US? I know they’re cracking down on immigration but I have good education. All I know is I’m sick and tired of living in the US where the Christian fundamentalists get their way in absolutely fucking everything.
why would states w/ legal weed offer these shitty hemp based substitutes? honest query.
They wouldn’t, this change doesn’t really effect them. I meant states could over rule the fed and keep it legal like CA or CO does with weed currently. And then since they took a stand with the shitty alternatives they might as well do it with weed too.
Didn’t think I’d see the day where THC gummies are legal in France but not in the US… where they are made
To be clear, this proposition would ban hemp-derived THC. Gas stations and head shops shouldn’t be selling unregulated products like that anyway. Most of them are probably unfit for consumption.
That said, as the article points out, this provision would have consequences beyond Delta-8 vape carts and the like. I think the correct approach is federal legalization.
Isn’t cannabis a type of hemp? Where else would you get the THC from?
The 2018 Farm Bill revised the statutory definitions of “marijuana” and “hemp”. Hemp products contain less than 0.3% D9 THC by dry weight, and anything else is considered marijuana. This loophole has allowed companies to sell intoxicating products containing other forms of THC like D8 without adhering to the same regulations that legal marijuana faces, or in states where marijuana is still illegal. The new bill expands the definition of hemp to include all forms of THC and sets a 0.4-mg limit per package, effectively outlawing hemp-derived THC products. This does not impact the classification of marijuana, which is still federally illegal but available on a per-state basis.
have tried these products and found them to be… meh. probably too used to getting actual pot for any of it to register
So the cannabis products sold in licensed dispensaries in NJ, for example, would be safe from this legislation?
That’s correct. This proposition closes the loophole used to sell hemp-derived THC products, but it does not impact anything statutorily defined as “marijuana”. That’s still federally illegal but permitted on a per-state basis
Yeah but thca flower is basically normal weed and most of the delta 9 thc gummies are good. They didn’t have to all-out ban it. They could’ve made it illegal to sell to anyone under 21. But nope.
Clearly the only way to protect the children is to make it all illegal again and put people in jail for possession. /s
This is going to remove legal access to thc for basically half the us population. Now anyone that really wants it either has to try smuggling it across state lines from dispensaries or growing it. GOOD FUCKING LUCK with that thanks to all the goddamn Flock cameras they put up everywhere just to automatically catch people who go to dispensaries. They’re making all hemp/cannabis seeds that can produce thc or thca flower illegal too. Now we can’t grow our own anymore either. You know how it’s literally fucking impossible to buy coca or opium seeds? You can’t even get that shit on the dark net. Well cannabis seeds are going to become that impossible to get too. Why would the cartels let anyone have seeds when they can sell weed for $700/oz?
The thc black market that arises from this is going to be full of nasty synthetics that make delta 8, hhc and all that other nasty bullshit look safe by comparison. I will not name which of these non-thc synthetic cannabinoids are easiest to produce but at least some of them won’t show up on thc drug tests. All of the options besides making delta 8 from cbd (and cbd comes from hemp plants which will become illegal so its moot point) are significantly more complicated than methamphetamine production so whatever black market thc we do get is going to be really really bad.
Fuck every single christo-fascist. Fuck every single corporation that lobbied for this just so they could have an easier time indiscriminately firing people over thc metabolites without collapsing due to staffing. I wish misfortune on them all.
0.4 milligrams per container limit? I have to read the rest of the article, but come on.
why not also take this logic into account for alcoholic beverages?
I know why, but the hypocrisy is insane. oh well, what are ya gonna do
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
I agree. We need public executions. Either serve the people or don’t serve at all. You serve yourself while in office and we live stream your head falling off
Everyone who supports this needs to be sentenced to a medically induced alcohol hangover until they’re begging for mercy. As in rot in prison while being forced to experience a 20 year long hangover. Executions are too generous and don’t involve enough suffering. The punishment has to fit the crime.
