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Heated testimony on Senate Bill 86: hemp businesses warn THC caps, dispensary carve-out would shutter small retailers
Summary
Senate Bill 86 drew extensive testimony from hemp retailers, manufacturers and medical professionals who warned that proposed per‑serving and per‑container delta‑9 THC limits and proposals to move products into marijuana dispensaries would close many small hemp stores and drive consumers to unregulated channels.
Senate Bill 86 — a bill that would limit intoxicating hemp products and, in some versions discussed at the March 18 hearing, move higher‑THC hemp products into the state’s marijuana dispensary system — drew lengthy, divided testimony from business owners, manufacturers, medical professionals and industry trade groups.
Proponents of strict limits were not prominently represented in the in‑person testimony at this hearing; most of the people who spoke in person urged the committee to avoid an outright ban or a wholesale transfer of hemp products into the dispensary system and instead favored a regulatory framework that distinguishes product types, requires testing, and protects youth access.
Small-business owners who sell full‑spectrum hemp testified that the bill’s proposed caps — which several witnesses cited as 0.5 milligrams of delta‑9 THC per serving and 2 milligrams per package — would eliminate the majority of their inventory and…
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