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A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including sometimes from vending machines or online.

letter dated March 20 addresses the consequences of Republican lawmakers’ choice to legalize hemp production in the 2018 omnibus Farm Bill — a decision that perhaps inadvertently led to a multibillion-dollar market in intoxicating cannabis products that are arguably federally legal.

Now, the attorneys general want Congress to shutter the market it helped create. In the new Farm Bill, they want the legislature to enshrine in statute the idea that intoxicating cannabis is not federally legal — contrary to what the law currently states.

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[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 85 points 7 months ago

Wow, imagine Republicans getting worked up about the wording of a law being twisted in ways it was never intended when it was first drafted. That’s wild.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 77 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The party of taking things away from others. That's the only way I can think of them anymore. For years now. It's their entire platform.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 31 points 7 months ago

Except obscenely rich people and giant corporations!

I prefer to think of the moral right side of any issue: Republicans are almost always against it.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 65 points 7 months ago (11 children)

I get an ounce delivered to my mailbox on a monthly subscription and occasionally order extra when something goes on sale. I keep trying to share about legal weed on lemmy whenever the topic comes up, but i just get downvoted. I don't know if people think it can't be real or just want something to bitch about.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Possibly because I'm from a legal state and wasn't paying attention to it, but I'm not sure what you're talking about if you care to expound?

[–] tarmac@lemm.ee 19 points 7 months ago (13 children)

Look up thca. Essentially cannabis doesn’t have thc until it’s burned, which the law targets. It’s technically full of thca which is generally referred to as thc. So companies are selling thca products with tests showing thc itself below the 3% limit because it’s technically legal.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The total THC test is early enough that it isn't yet present. After that, only ∆9 is tested. It's all the same thca you would get in a dispensary. DEA asked courts to change the testing requirement and limits. Court said the law is written as intended. There are many farms that sell online through their own websites or through other vendors. I'm in Texas and I've had so much delivered without a single problem. I had 5 lb delivered to my porch in one order– it was in big plastic bags in boxes. That order was mostly CBD and CBG, but still smelled weedy. I'm more worried about the neighborhood kids stealing it than I am about the USPS or FedEx.

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[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think people are still scared especially in states that have a hardon for locking up anyone that remotely does anything but otc drugs.

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[–] Restaldt@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Republicunts did not read or maybe comprehend a bill they passed during the Trump years which accidentally legalized THC products derived from hemp or products that technically are hemp and not cannabis because the delta 9 THC concentration is low enough.

From my also limited understanding cannabis can be harvested early before the delta 9 thc crystals form... from the precursor THCa already present in the plant

THCa on its own is not psychoactive however it breaks down into normal THC when exposed to sunlight ... or heat when you smoke/vape it

So you can buy legal (for now) basically weed in the form of high thca flower online and have it shipped to your mailbox.

Im considering anonymously buying some online and having it shipped to my states AG office because fuck that dude needs to smoke some weed

[–] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

I believe the ones who knew, knew; and the rest didn't read it.

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

They're probably tired of viral marketing teams pushing their shit

[–] oopy_soup@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How do you get it delivered to your mailbox?

[–] Today@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

My subscription is from Hoku Seed Co. Several other places have started doing subscriptions also... I think flow gardens and maybe holy city. Other than hoku, I usually buy from flow or eight horses hemp. I use a dry herb vape mostly at home. When I want a pocket vape, I buy from secret garden.

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[–] Sekrayray@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think the loophole is going to stay in place. The hemp lobby has exploded since 2018, and has done a lot to keep the loopholes from closing in even very Red states. In the real world money is what talks, and I think there’s too much money at this point to put the genie back in the bottle.

But that’s my two cents. I could be wrong. Hope I’m not.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 27 points 7 months ago

Besides that, the winds have changes with regards to weed as half the country has already legalized it while something like 38 states have some sort of MMJ. The genie isn't going back into the bottle and the sky hasn't fallen in the states that legalized.

Hilarious that their argument is that "these products are unregulated" when their solution is an outright ban which just shifts everything back to the unregulated black market. You know where these type of products are regulated? In states that have legal weed.

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even the worst Roman emperors knew not to fuck with what makes the crowd content. If those right wing motherfuckers think they can touch our bread and circuses without consequences, they will find out.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here's the thing: this was a super irresponsible way to legalize. It encouraged the creation of an industry using dubious extraction and synthesis technologies that are not well studied for safety. We know the effects of delta 9 THC on humans, and it's relatively safe. Much of this new stuff are analogs of delta 9 that might be safe, but might not. You have to search out stuff that has accredited lab test results (which exist in California and some other legalized states). Rando stuff being sold at gas stations all over is sketch as hell.

The solution to that is to legalize delta 9 and bring it under a proper regulation framework for testing, not go backwards.

[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 40 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Started buying Farm Bill hemp products over COVID. I'm surprised really that it took them this long to start pushing to change it.

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[–] 3volver@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

Steal from the poor to give to the rich. They're focusing on it again because they're being told the money isn't going to the correct people.

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Legalize all drugs you shitters

[–] slingstone@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (6 children)

If someone wanted to purchase this legal weed, say, in South Carolina, is there a guide somewhere indicating what is legally available in that jurisdiction?

Asking for a friend...

[–] TacoNot@mander.xyz 13 points 7 months ago

I'm just guessing, but they might be referring to delta 8 thc products.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago

Just google thca weed.

[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

You can buy Delta-8 THC and maybe Delta-10 THC. Your mileage may vary. I wasn't a huge fan but you can get a lot for a little.

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