US Hemp Roundtable & Various Cali Companies Get Serious With Newsom & File Suit

Last Friday, Governor Gavin Newsom’s California Department of Public Health (CDPH) formally issued its emergency regulations which would ban 90-95% of hemp products on the marketplace, including manufacturing or selling them in California.  More details here and here.

We strongly believe that his action violates state and federal law and have filed comments to that effect today.  Specifically:

• CDPH clearly violates state law in filing emergency regulations – not only do they completely fail to prove an “emergency”; they missed the window for banning hemp products on an emergency basis.
• CDPH clearly violates federal law which defines “hemp” as 0.3% or less delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis.
• We strongly agree with Governor Newsom that hemp products must be robustly regulated and kept out of the hands of children. But this action goes much farther – banning nearly all hemp products for purchase by adults, including most non-intoxicating products—even products that are manufactured in California but not intended for sale to California consumers.

Please read the Roundtable’s full comments here. Please consider contributing to our fundraising campaign here.

We are hopeful that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) will agree with our clear and convincing case and reject these emergency regulations.  If not, we will be prepared to go to court. And we plan to win.

We need your help.  If you are in California and would be injured as a result of these regulations, please use our portal to send comments to OAL by COB Tuesday, September 17.  We have set up a template for you, but it is essential that you add in your personal story about how these regulations would injure your farm, your business, or your health and wellness by being denied products that you rely upon.

If you are not from California, we ask that you share this link with your friends, family, business associates and social media contacts in the Golden State.

Together, we can protect the California hemp industry and consumers from this existential threat.

Here’s who’s named in the suit

Marijuana Moment have written this detailed report about the suit