Missouri House committee rejects bill putting age restrictions on intoxicating hemp products

Missouri House committee rejects bill putting age restrictions on intoxicating hemp products

Rep. Ben Baker, a Neosho Republican, sponsored a bill to put regulations on intoxicating hemp products (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent).A bill backed by the hemp industry that would impose age restrictions on their products was resoundingly rejected Tuesday evening by a Missouri House committee after product safety requirements were removed.  The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Ben Baker of Neosho, would place an age restriction …