Newsom administration moves to permanently ban hemp THC in California

Friday’s proposal to permanently ban hemp THC comes after years of complaints from California’s licensed marijuana industry, which has claimed that it faces unfair competition from unregulated hemp companies. Marijuana companies face sky-high regulatory costs, especially in California, and can only sell their products through state-licensed retailers. Hemp companies, on the other hand, face almost no regulations and have historically been able to sell their intoxicating drugs almost anywhere, including liquor stores, grocery stores and online.

This disparity between the two industries has created pressure on governors like Newsom to protect their state-regulated cannabis companies.

This decision makes sense to me.

It’s weird that every time someone goes against Trump there is an effort to manufacture consent to hate those people.

It only makes sense if you yourself are being paid by lobbyists. Just pass a regulation for all intoxicating substances. All of the thc/hhc derivatives tested so far are as harmless as cannabis so this isn't a safety issue. Newsom et al is simply getting more in kickbacks to ban this than if they regulated it.
- You seriously think anti-weed (or whatever) lobbyists are being paid to comment on Lemmy? Because that’s what it sounds like you’re implying - discrediting the person for who they supposedly are, not for what they’re actually saying.
Nah its just to protect the new weed capitalists. I like low dose thc stuff for my panic attacks. I don’t need their expensive corporate weed made to put out a horse. Regulation can get bent. I don’t believe in protectionism for businesses.
The marijuana companies have been making money like crazy for years and now they're pissed that someone else is getting a piece of the pie.

Ban hemp! Ban homeless! Let MY cops harass and kill protestors, not the military!

Is this what democrats are reduced to these days?

Then just regulate it instead, dummy. Shit, California can regulate companies so hard that nearly every product I own has a carcinogen warning label because of them, even though I don't live there, so they sure as hell can regulate hemp products in their own state. Instead, you're turning down free tax dollars and criminalizing people for something they've been doing safely for years.

California does have a regulated market already. If these companies want to participate in the market they can follow the rules like other market participants.

which would make a controversial earlier emergency ban permanent

Is that why I can't find Marley's Mellow Mood anywhere anymore? It used hemp seed oil, and was like the opposite of an energy drink that worked as advertised and also tasted hella good.

This is specifically targettjng hemp derived thc and thca products. If it doesnt have thc in it and get you high then it's likely not part of the ban

If you dont want minors buying it, then ban the sale to minors.....

https://archive.is/20240715184118/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/07/hemp-marijuana-legal-thc/678988/

Shows that he is truly far right and wants a run at president.

How does that make sense? They have a regulated state market that he is trying to protect. Letting drugs from unregulated companies compete against regulated drugs from the companies following the rules has created a variety of serious problems in the market. I don't understand how you are getting far right out of this.
- So... regulate the other market. The purpose of the regulated marijuana industry is to have it regulated, not to protect those companies from competition.
- How does it make sense to remove the regulated ones in theis case?
Doesn't take much to get labeled far right these days.