Newsom announced new emergency regulations on Friday that would outlaw hemp products with any “detectable amount of total THC.” Hemp products that don’t have THC would be further limited to five servings per package, and sales would be restricted to adults 21 and older.
So:
A. He banned all hemp flower and most hemp-derived products in CA in one fell swoop because he doesn’t understand how the relation of THC:CBD works in the plant or the entourage effect or the fact that federally it’s a total of 0.3% maximum, which ain’t getting anybody high.
B. He limited packaging for what reason, exactly? It doesn’t get you high. Even if it did, why?
C. An age limit, that I can agree with. It should probably be 18 for this like it is most everywhere else in the US, but if you want people to be able to die for their country and can’t have a CBD gummy, go ahead Newsom.
Age, testing, and labeling requirements are great. Unscientific regulations by executive order that will make people’s lives worse are not.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the federal law. It’s .3% delta 9 thc. THCa the acidic form of delta 9 thc before conversion through heat is not controlled at any limit.
I am aware of the difference. The terminology is confusing and I was kinda stoned while typing that.
He specifically said “any detectable amount of total THC” though, which means the difference is moot. Total THC is THCA in this context.
EDIT:
So there is no miscommunication, yeah federal law allows a max of 0.3% D9 THC at the pre-harvest test (I forget the exact specifics, it’s been a while). Newsom said CBD that contains any detectable percentage of total THC is banned in the state of California by executive order with no oversight. The scientific facts of the latter are not the same as the former and Newsom is an idiot for thinking they are.
Hemp derived products compete directly with legal weed in the state but are outside the established regulatory regime for legal weed.
This is the actual reason that he’s doing this. They can’t properly regulate hemp stuff like they can legal weed. There’s no good testing requirements for hemp products like there are for legal weed you get in a dispo
But nooooo everyone on Lemmy would rather scream that they’re taking away their drugs. I thought for a while Lemmy would be better about not senselessly reacting to headlines
