A brand new invoice might make it simpler for the federal authorities to control authorized hemp merchandise and hold them out of the palms of Individuals beneath the age of 21.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) launched the brand new piece of laws, referred to as the “Cannabinoid Safety and Regulation Act,” on Wednesday.
The invoice would make it unlawful to market and promote merchandise containing intoxicating cannabinoids like THC to minors and U.S. adults beneath the age of 21.
The invoice additionally requires the Meals and Drug Administration and the Alcohol Tax Tobacco and Commerce Bureau to create guidelines for testing and labeling authorized hemp-derived merchandise for adults.
“Cannabis prohibition has never kept cannabis out of the hands of kids,” the invoice reads. “Robust regulation can give consumers a safe, reliable option while deterring unregulated markets and disallowing unsafe products.”
Congress legalized hemp or hashish with lower than 0.3 p.c delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the compound primarily answerable for the psychoactive results of the plant — within the 2018 Farm Invoice.
However the invoice didn’t embody a regulatory framework for the plant product making it free from testing or packaging necessities.
Because of this, children are simply in a position to entry hemp-derived merchandise with THC in issues like CBD gummies and vapes.
Issues over minors accessing intoxicating THC merchandise prompted California to subject an emergency ban on hemp merchandise with any quantity of THC earlier this week. The transfer comes lower than three weeks after a short lived ban on the merchandise was issued by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
