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Council hears staff primer on CBD/THC market and limits to local enforcement
Summary
City staff told the council that Universal City has seen a rapid increase in hemp/CBD/THCa retail outlets and explained why local zoning and enforcement options are limited under current state and federal law.
Universal City staff briefed the City Council on the rise of CBD and THCa retail stores and on the city’s limited ability to regulate those businesses under current state and federal law.
The staff presentation traced the regulatory history: a federal 2018 farm bill definition distinguishing hemp (non-intoxicating, ≤0.3% THC) from marijuana, Texas’s 2015 Compassionate Use Act (initially limited to severe epilepsy) and subsequent 2019 state action that adopted the federal CBD/THC definitions. Staff explained that manufacturers and chemists developed THCa and other hemp-derived products that may test at or above thresholds for psychoactive THC after processing, and that product-testing and enforcement capacity is limited.
Staff reported…
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