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Lawmakers propose cannabis grower compliance checks and to add emerging stimulant to controlled list
Summary
Representative Paul Cutler said he plans a cannabis-grower regulation to ensure growers in industrial zones comply with local ordinances, and he described a separate bill (House Bill 173) to add a stimulant known locally as TNMT to the controlled substances list after FDA alerts and local public‑health incidents.
At a Centerville City Council work session on Jan. 23, State Representative Paul Cutler said he is drafting a bill to clarify that cannabis cultivation operations located in industrial zones must comply with local ordinances.
“We have general agreement that that should be the case and just trying to work out what’s the mechanism for verifying that people are in compliance,” Representative Paul Cutler said, adding that the cannabis working group and industry stakeholders have been involved in drafting.
Cutler acknowledged technical and enforcement challenges, including how to define and measure odors and other nuisance concerns in statutory language.
Separately, Cutler said he plans to add an emerging stimulant—referred to in the session as TNMT and described by lawmakers as an energy‑drink product that has caused serious health incidents—to the state’s controlled‑substance list. He said the product had drawn an FDA alert and that gas stations in some areas stopped selling it after state contact, and that the proposed bill is filed as House Bill 173.
“One of the substances…gas station heroin…we’re going to add that to the controlled substance list to prevent that,” Cutler said.
City officials present did not vote or take formal action. The legislators said they will continue to solicit input from local governments and industry groups as bills are finalized.
Ending: Cutler urged Centerville staff to share enforcement questions and local experiences so lawmakers can refine verification and enforcement provisions before filing final language.
