Conflict in Cali
Here's a test: Change the label to avoid any mention of THC content. Now, how many customers continue to seek out and purchase it?
Pouchy
As for all those advertisements we see online, about how pouches are tobacco-free and therefore a safe alternative to smoking or vaping -- I'm afraid that’s mostly just a sales pitch.
... this time, it’s over who will be permitted to market and sell (and therefore profit from) hemp-based, THC-containing beverages-- a current fad.
The State government has implemented a ban on sales other than at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The makers and distributors of the hemp products strenuously object.
The reasons? Some answers from The LA Times:
Why did California ‘kill’ its booming hemp-derived THC industry?
Good question. A rough timetable of the dispute: First, California decides to implement an emergency ban on the grounds that hemp products may actually be helping to get users high. The sellers counter that the THC content in their products is nothing more than a microdose, and therefore incapable of producing the sort of euphoria that users would get from other, stronger cannabis products.
Therefore, they continue, to allow sales only by licensed stores would be unfair to them. They plan to challenge the policy in Court and in the State...
The State government has implemented a ban on sales other than at licensed cannabis dispensaries. The makers and distributors of the hemp products strenuously object.
The reasons? Some answers from The LA Times:
Why did California ‘kill’ its booming hemp-derived THC industry?
Good question. A rough timetable of the dispute: First, California decides to implement an emergency ban on the grounds that hemp products may actually be helping to get users high. The sellers counter that the THC content in their products is nothing more than a microdose, and therefore incapable of producing the sort of euphoria that users would get from other, stronger cannabis products.
Therefore, they continue, to allow sales only by licensed stores would be unfair to them. They plan to challenge the policy in Court and in the State...
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Conflict in Cali
Here's a test: Change the label to avoid any mention of THC content. Now, how many customers continue to seek out and purchase it?
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