Delta-8 THC

Virginia’s Senate unanimously approved a bill to regulate delta-8 THC products with labeling, potency and purity testing, licensing, and age limit requirements.

Several Georgia-based retailers of delta-8 THC products have filed suit against Gwinnett County, Georgia following a series of allegedly unwarranted and illegal law enforcement actions.

Washington lawmakers are considering bills to both make illegal and regulate synthetic THC sales, including delta-8 THC.

Tennessee lawmakers are set to consider multiple pieces of cannabis reform legislation this year, including a bill to tax delta-8 THC and CBD products, as well as broader medical and adult-use cannabis bills.

Shops in Kansas have been asked to turn over their delta-8 THC inventory after Attorney General Derek Schmidt said any hemp product intended for consumption is prohibited.

The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission approved new industry rules that include updated delta-8 THC testing rules and expanded purchasing limits in dispensaries.

Minnesota cannabis officials said that hemp-derived tinctures and other CBD and Delta-8 THC products are illegal because the FDA has not formally approved the cannabinoid products.

Delta-8 THC products will remain legal in Texas after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving the legality of Delta-8 products.

A Florida bill seeks to place strict limits on delta-8 THC and overhaul the state’s medical cannabis program, which would include a new cannabis oversight agency and new rules preventing the sale of dispensary licenses for monetary gain.

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state from listing delta-8 THC as a Schedule 1 narcotic following an injunction filed by the Austin-based dispensary Hometown Hero.

A recently surfaced letter by a high-ranking DEA official may have hinted that the agency considers delta-8 THC products synthesized from hemp extracts to be federally legal.

South Carolina Assistant Attorney General David S. Jones said that Delta-8 THC — or any other form of hemp-derived THC — is not legal under the state’s hemp law.

The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board has released a draft proposal that would further regulate “psychotropic” and “impairing” cannabinoids like Delta-8 and Delta-10 THC.

The FDA and CDC issued warnings this week against consumer products containing hemp-derived delta-8 THC, which has yet to be thoroughly studied.

Oregon’s new hemp regulations give police more authority against illicit cannabis grows, limit THC in hemp products (including Delta-8 THC), and increase product testing.

Washington regulators issued a policy statement this week clarifying that Delta-8 THC products are not legal under the state’s cannabis regulations.

Delta-9 THC has some new competition in the cannabinoids market — it’s called Delta-8 THC.