With the number of states outright banning delta-8 THC goods seemingly increasing as quickly as the number that have legalized marijuana, the national patchwork of legality for hemp goods has become something of an ironic mine field for entrepreneurs.
So far, a total of 24 states have either banned or “severely restricted” delta-8 products, according to a new report from Oracle, with 17 state bans in place.
Where delta-8 products are legal, however, has strikingly little overlap with state-legal marijuana.In places such as Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state – all early adopters of recreational marijuana – lawmakers banned some products from the cannabis cousin, for varying reasons but with the same end consequence: a piecemeal extension of prohibition, ironically grown directly from the 2018 federal legalization of hemp.
Similar bans have been adopted in cannabis-friendly states with recreational marijuana markets, including: Alaska, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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