US EditionMinnesota Lawmakers, Businesses Look for Path Forward Under New Federal THC Limits
The coalition warns that unregulated hemp-derived THC products exploit a Farm Bill loophole, posing risks especially to children, and calls for federal action to protect public health.
- Recently, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 state and territory attorneys general urging Congress to ban intoxicating hemp products, citing `bad actors` exploiting a `loophole` in the 2018 Farm Bill.
- The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp products under the 0.3% Delta-9 THC threshold, enabling synthetic cannabinoids like Delta-8 and others via CBD conversion processes.
- Industry leaders warn a federal ban would harm a $30 billion industry with 330,000 employees, while Minnesota tax revenues exceeded $11.6 million last year and rose to 15% earlier this year.
- Legislatively, the fight has moved to the agriculture spending bill, with Sen. Rand Paul urging an 18-month delay while a federal ban without a carveout could wipe out state-regulated hemp businesses.
- Regulators say the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management seeks to stop out-of-state operators and unregulated internet sales across state lines, citing public-health risks to children and pressure from the American beer industry.
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Minnesota lawmakers, businesses look for path forward under new federal THC limits
ST. PAUL — Minnesota lawmakers and hemp businesses are looking for a way forward as a new federal limit on THC looms over the industry. Minnesota’s legal hemp industry started in 2022, setting limits of no more than 10 mg of THC per container — a drastic difference from the 0.4 mg THC limit that passed in the federal shutdown deal set to go into effect in a year. Rep. Nolan West, R-Blaine, who has worked on Minnesota’s cannabis legislation in re…
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State attorneys general ask Congress to undermine their state hemp laws
A coalition of attorneys general (AGs) from 39 states and territories sent a letter to Congress on Oct. 24 demanding a federal crackdown on the sale of psychoactive hemp products. In doing so, they are asking the federal government to override the democratic decisions of their own state legislatures, making a mockery of state sovereignty and their own duty to uphold state law. The AGs argue that the 2018 federal Farm Bill, which legalized hemp…
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