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Senate hearing on SB 86 draws industry opposition; retailers and medical professionals seek regulation, not ban
Summary
Retailers, manufacturers and medical professionals told the Senate General Government Committee that proposed THC caps and moving hemp products into dispensaries would harm small businesses, patients and the supply chain; witnesses offered regulatory alternatives.
A third hearing on Senate Bill 86 drew broad testimony from Ohio hemp business owners, manufacturers, retailers and medical professionals who said the bill’s proposed controls on “intoxicating hemp products” would hurt patients, small businesses and the state supply chain.
Opponents—many of them small-business owners and manufacturers—told the Senate General Government Committee that the bill’s THC limits and a proposal to restrict many hemp products to the recreational marijuana retail system would be economically and operationally harmful. Robert McClure, owner of SunMed Your CBD Store, said of the bill as written, “Senate Bill 86 … would put myself and many others who are doing it right out of business.” Co-founder Jim Higdon of Cornbread Hemp said the limits would push lawful out-of-state manufacturers…
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