A bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers and the state\u2019s regulating cannabis agency will have an eleventh-hour hearing on their plan to toss hemp-derived products from retail stores in this year\u2019s legislative session.<\/p>\n
A bill sponsored by state Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, revives regulation by the Washington Liquor Cannabis Board of intoxicating products that can cause effects similar to marijuana but are derived from federally legal hemp plants. A pair of bills proposed by state regulators, and one backed by the Washington Cannabusiness Association, failed to reach the floor before a deadline last month.<\/p>\n
The failure of those bills leaves a legal gray area where stores not operating in the state\u2019s licensed cannabis industry may sell hemp-derived products, including ones advertised as having delta-8 THC, on their shelves, Keiser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWashington state has a well-designed regulatory framework for cannabis that has successfully protected consumers, encouraged a flourishing cannabis sector in our economy, and established public trust,\u201d Keiser, who cosponsored the bill with Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said in a statement. \u201cEverything we have seen over the past decade indicates that this system has proven to work well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers and the state\u2019s regulating cannabis agency will have an eleventh-hour hearing on their plan to toss hemp-derived products from retail stores in this year\u2019s legislative session. A bill sponsored by state Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, revives regulation by the Washington Liquor Cannabis Board of intoxicating products that can cause effects similar to marijuana but are derived from federally legal hemp plants. A pair of bills proposed by state regulators, and one backed by the Washington Cannabusiness Association, failed to reach the floor before a deadline last month. The failure of those bills leaves…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"\n