Big news! Congress passed a new law to restrict the sale of unregulated, intoxicating hemp products (e.g., delta-8) that are appealing and accessible to kids.
Thank you for contacting your members of Congress and raising up the importance of this issue!
After Congress legalized hemp in 2018, with the intention of legalizing industrial and non-intoxicating hemp products (e.g., CBD), companies exploited a loophole in the law to create new products from hemp with higher concentrations of THC. These intoxicating hemp products have become widespread and have largely been unregulated, allowing them to be designed and sold in ways that appeal and are accessible to kids.
Included in the funding legislation enacted last week to end the government shutdown, the new law closes this loophole, banning the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived products. This will help protect youth from the negative health outcomes associated with using these products.
To learn more about this issue and why this change is important, check out our video and the Washington Post op-ed we wrote with our partners at Shatterproof.
Thank you again to everyone who helped to make this important fix a reality!
