SPRINGFIELD – The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois released the following statement regarding efforts to regulate intoxicating hemp products:
“We are disappointed by the House’s failure to pass common-sense regulations for hemp consumer products such as CBD while halting the sale of dangerous synthetic hemp-derived intoxicants like delta-8 that are sickening children and adults,” said Tiffany Chappell Ingram, Executive Director of the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois. “Without action, the unregulated intoxicating hemp market will continue to operate with no rules or regulations guiding the production or sale of these products. This leaves consumers at risk and undermines the state’s carefully regulated cannabis market, particularly social equity cannabis license holders who face extensive rules and regulations while those selling intoxicating hemp continue to get off easy. We thank Gov. Pritzker for his strong leadership, as well as lawmakers in both chambers who championed this issue. We remain committed to working with the administration and legislators to rein in this unregulated market, empower consumers, protect public health and ensure our state’s legal cannabis industry can reach its full potential.”
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