The City of St. Louis is considering a ban on the sale of cannabis products sold outside of dispensaries. That would mean trouble for many shops and bars that sell hemp-derived cannabis products.
Many cannabis products have been largely unregulated since 2018, when Congress passed the latest version of the Farm Bill.
That’s because the bill legalizes hemp — defined as cannabis with less than 0.3% delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. That allowed farmers to grow industrial hemp for use in grain and fiber, but also opened the door for products with other intoxicating chemicals to come to market.
The Missouri state government, through executive and legislative action, has tried to close the “hemp loophole” in various ways for years, citing safety concerns. These efforts have been mostly unsuccessful.
Now, St. Louis is trying to fill in the gap.
Alderman Shane Cohn introduced Board Bill Number 46 last week, which was then assigned to the city’s Health and Human Development Committee. It would limit the sale of all hemp-derived drugs to marijuana dispensaries.
Cohn did not respond to KBIA’s request for comment
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