Overview
- A Bangor Daily News letter from Vikki Swan argues Congress closed a hemp loophole used to sell psychoactive products.
- The letter cites a new 0.4 milligram per-container THC limit and a prohibition on synthesized cannabinoids.
- It contends marketers leveraged the 2018 Farm Bill to push Delta-8 THC in gas stations and convenience stores with soda-like branding.
- The writer asserts the goal of hemp legalization was industrial fiber and non-intoxicating CBD, not an unregulated “diet weed” market.
- She supports a one-year transition for businesses to adapt to the rules as a basic consumer protection measure.