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California committee hears bill to treat intoxicating hemp like regulated cannabis; debate centers on enforcement and taxes
Summary
Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry urged the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee to advance AB 8, her bill to ban synthetic cannabinoids, expand enforcement and bring intoxicating hemp products under the state’s cannabis regulatory and tax framework.
Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry on Monday asked the California State Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development to move forward with AB 8, landmark legislation she described as intended to fold intoxicating hemp products into the state’s cannabis regulatory and tax framework.
AB 8 would, according to the author, ban synthetic cannabinoids and require intoxicating hemp products to be treated like cannabis ‘‘meaning full registration, regulation, and taxation.’’ Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry told the committee she began working on hemp because of gaps left by the 2018 Farm Bill and previous state law and said the measure focuses on three parts: expanding enforcement, making clear that all synthetic THC is banned, and integrating intoxicating hemp into the legal cannabis supply chain.
The committee heard about public-health risks from industry and law-enforcement witnesses. Amy…
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