Lawmakers joined the licensed cannabis industry Thursday in calling for a ban on intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8-THC, the retailers of which said would put them out of business. The Cannabi…
Tiffany Chappell Ingram, executive director of the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, holds a bag of Fritos and a THC product that mimics the packaging on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the State Capitol in Springfield as Cannabiz IL and state legislators present bipartisan legislation regulating hemp consumer products and prohibiting synthetic THC intoxicants such as Delta-8.
The products are now commonly sold at gas stations, smoke shops, and corner stores, with no age restrictions and no requirements for testing or labeling. Some packaging mimics snacks or candy that appeal to children.Unlike hemp, licensed cannabis companies in Illinois must test and label their products for potency, pesticides and other contaminants, have limits on total THC, and prohibit sales to those 21 and older. Customers also must pay high taxes.
“We want to operate responsibly and on a level playing field,” he said. “This would put us out of business.” Rep. Eva-dina Delgado, a mother of a teenager who represents the Northwest Side of Chicago, said kids get it from stores and call it “greening out.”
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