Conversations regarding the potency of commercial products, declining tax revenue and intoxicating hemp are expected at the Capitol this year.
, including forms that aren't explicitly banned by the federal government. That loophole led to"newer" forms of THC like Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC that are technically derived from hemp and are popular on the internet in their own right. Some hemp and CBD companies are even bolder,under the argument that they are less than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight.
Almost ten years into a strict and complicated licensing system, legal marijuana businesses are concerned about the unregulated competition, with products that can be sold online and at non-dispensary retailers. The marijuana industry lobbied for tight guardrails on extracted hemp products last year in response, with a compromise bill resulting in a scientific work group that will make recommendations to lawmakers this year.
, a victim of a larger debate on marijuana potency and child access at the time, but there is hope within the pot industry that a similar measure is introduced this year.Executive orders from Governor Jared Polis during the COVID-19 pandemic allowed doctors to conduct medical marijuana consultations via telemedicine in 2020 and part of 2021, but the
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