Delta-8 THC products sold in Kentucky after Aug. 1, 2023, will be subject to product testing, labeling and age-restriction requirements under a bipartisan bill passed by both chambers of the state Legislature.
Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear is expected to sign the bill into law, Kentucky Health News reported.
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A national leader in hemp production, Kentucky is the latest state to move to regulate products containing hemp-derived intoxicating cannabinoids, including delta-8 THC, an isomer of the more prevalent delta-9 THC.
Just last month, lawmakers in Virginia approved tough restrictions on delta-8 products that hemp advocates say would wreck the existing industry.
Both cannabinoids exist naturally in the cannabis plant, but delta-8 THC has soared in popularity across the United States since the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized hemp production and products nationwide.
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Last fall, after a Kentucky court
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