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No marijuana seeds for Hoosier farmers, Indiana House says
At least six bills aim to regulate hemp-derived THC products by setting age limits, licensing, and advertising restrictions to align with new federal law closing the 2018 Farm Bill loophole.
- This past week, Indiana lawmakers advanced at least six bills targeting Delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products, with Sen. Aaron Freeman, R-Indianapolis, and Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray, R-Martinsville, pushing alignment with federal changes.
- The 2018 Farm Bill's definitional gap allowed Delta-8 and other intoxicating hemp cannabinoids to proliferate, and that parallel market has exploded in Indiana in recent years.
- Sen. Aaron Freeman's Senate Bill 250 would set a 21-plus age limit and create four ATC permits, while House Bill 1130 allows sales with dosage limits and other proposals ban lab-made cannabinoids and cap containers at 0.4 milligrams.
- If enacted, the changes would redefine low-THC hemp to match federal law, making Delta-8 illegal in Indiana, and the Legislative Services Agency estimates a half-million-dollar annual cost for the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission with added excise officers.
- The federal deadline in November looms, but U.S. Rep. Jim Baird seeks a delay while Sen. Aaron Freeman, R-Indianapolis, proposes a July effective date excluding automatic federal reclassification.
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Indiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Restrict And Regulate Hemp THC Products
“We’d just like, in Indiana, some certainty as to these products so that the people manufacturing and selling them know kind of what our laws are.” By Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana lawmakers seek to align state law with a recently enacted federal ban on intoxicating and synthetic hemp products—over opposition from the burgeoning delta-8 industry. The lengthy, complex legislation also would regulate less potent products …
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