Overview

• A draft executive order declares a state of emergency and halts sales of low-THC intoxicating hemp products such as delta-8.
• Retailers must remove these items from public display, stop offering them for sale, and segregate and hold stock for law enforcement or agriculture officials.
• House Speaker Matt Huffman and House Minority Leader Dani Isaacsohn confirmed the governor’s executive action is forthcoming.
• Ohio has no age requirement for delta-8 because federal law permits hemp products with 0.3% THC or less, allowing broad retail availability.
• State officials frame the products as a youth-targeted public-health risk, with the governor set to outline the order at a 2:30 p.m. news conference.