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Large panel of hemp business owners, health professionals urge regulation over ban in SB 86 hearing
Summary
Retailers, manufacturers and medical professionals told a Senate committee that Senate Bill 86’s THC caps and plan to move intoxicating hemp products into marijuana dispensaries would harm small businesses and patients and would likely push demand into unregulated channels.
Dozens of business owners, manufacturers and health professionals told the Senate General Government Committee during a third hearing on Senate Bill 86 that the bill’s proposed THC caps and a plan to shift intoxicating hemp products into the regulated marijuana dispensary system would inflict severe harm on Ohio’s hemp industry and on patients who rely on hemp-derived therapeutics.
Opponents argued for a regulatory approach focused on testing, labeling, registration and age restrictions rather than an outright ban or wholesale transfer to dispensary sales. Robert McClure, a U.S. Marine veteran and owner of SunMed Your CBD Store, said, “Senate bill 86 … would put myself and many others who are doing it right out of business,” explaining that his full-spectrum CBD tinctures rely on naturally occurring THC at levels that would be excluded under the bill’s proposed 0.5 mg per serving and 2 mg per package limits.
Jim Higdon, cofounder of Cornbread Hemp, said he supports regulation but warned that the proposed limits could trigger dormant…
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