The Des Moines Register reports
A group of Iowa hemp businesses and industry advocates is gearing up to file a federal lawsuit against the state’s new law regulating edibles and THC-infused drinks.
And they plan to sell a special product line to help fund the suit.
The group, calling itself the Iowa Hemp Alliance, will seek an injunction to block the law as its effective date of July 1 approaches, they told brewers and retailers in a call Thursday morning. The planned lawsuit comes after the state’s plan to enforce House File 2605 was criticized by brewers as unclear and a misinterpretation of the law.
Corey Coleman, the founder of hemp distributor Sky High and of the Iowa Hemp Coalition, said the state’s planned regulations on THC potency had “continually moved the goalposts.”
“I don’t believe this was the legislative intent of all of this,” Coleman said on the call.
The group has been consulting with Matt Kamps, a Chicago-based partner at Husch Blackwell who focuses on intellectual property and cannabis law.
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