Colorado Hemp industry wins loophole on THC intoxication – Cannabis Business Executive

While most of the attention on THC intoxication has been on House Bill 1317, the hemp industry finds itself in the position of being left out. And they’re good with that.

House Bill 1317 is a wide-ranging measure seeking to study the effects of high-potency THC products on the developing brain and keep those products out of the hands of teenagers. It would do that by dropping the daily purchase limits on marijuana concentrates for both medical patients and recreational consumers to eight grams per day, down from the 40-gram threshold adults are currently allowed to possess. To enforce that new limit, the bill seeks to update the Metrc seed-to-sale tracking system to track purchases in real time.

At issue is a different kind of THC, known as Delta-8.

The hemp products containing Delta-8 are unregulated in Colorado. Delta-8 products, including edibles, are sold over the counter and in non-marijuana dispensary locations, like convenience stores, according to Sen. Don Coram, R-Montrose.

Coram is one of the Senate sponsors on House Bill 1301, a bill that is intended to regulate outdoor cultivation of cannabis. But on the third reading Thursday, Coram added an amendment that said it is illegal to sell or distribute products containing “intoxicating cannabinoids,” including Delta-8, Delta-9 and Delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol (another psychotropic found in hemp edibles). [Read More @ The Gazette]