“I feel like this is operating under a loophole right now.”
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
As he was checking out at a convenience store one day, state Rep. Kurtis Gregory (R) said he looked down and saw “delta-8 THC” products being sold.
He had no idea THC, the intoxicating component mostly associated with marijuana, could be sold openly outside of dispensaries.
“I messaged a few folks and to my surprise, yep, that is completely at this point legal to be sold,” Gregory, a Republican from Marshall, said during a House committee hearing on Tuesday.
The products that caught Gregory’s eye give people a high by way of a concentrated amount of delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that’s typically manufactured from hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD.
Because hemp is legal, hemp-derived THC products avoid the intense scrutiny marijuana receives. In fact, they are completely unregulated by the state and federal government.
There’s no law saying teenagers or children can’t buy them or stores can’t sell them to minors—though some stores and vendors have taken it upon themselves to impose age restrictions of 21 and up. And there’s no requirement to list potential effects on the label or test how much THC is actually
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