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New hemp THC products could be outlawed in Louisiana in proposed bill.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:44 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:44 am
SIAP, article was from yesterday. Did a search and didn't see anything about it...
New hemp THC products could be outlawed in Louisiana in proposed bill.

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Though recreational marijuana is technically illegal in Louisiana, people who want to get high outside the state’s highly regulated medical program have had THC-infused gummies, tinctures and soft drinks at their disposal since lawmakers expanded the industry starting five years ago.
Those products could soon disappear under a bill pushed by Republicans in the state Legislature.
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Senate Bill 237, sponsored by Sen. Thomas Pressly, R-Shreveport, stems partly from backlash over the sharp rise in mind-altering THC products that arose from legislation backed over several years by former House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, beginning in 2019.
Pressly’s bill aims to “completely eliminate” Louisiana’s consumable hemp industry, seeking to outlaw beverages and snacks that contain any quantities of THC, Pressly said. Companies are currently allowed to sell products containing up to 8 mg of THC per serving, 3 mg above the quantity that makes infrequent users feel high, according to the cannabis education site Leafly.
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“I’ve got real concerns over the availability of THC products in gas stations, in convenience stores,” Pressly said. He added that he's particularly worried about the products ending up in the hands of children through stores that are lightly regulated.![]()
Schexnayder, the former speaker, said the bill would put hundreds of companies in jeopardy and potentially leave thousands of workers without jobs.
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Schexnayder, who left office last year, and other lawmakers championed laws expanding the hemp industry as a way to help Louisiana farmers cash in on a new market opened up by the 2018 federal Farm Bill. Retail sales exploded as the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control last year counted nearly 3,000 retailers licensed to sell the products in Louisiana.
But hemp products’ success in the past few years angered stakeholders in the medical marijuana industry, who play by a stricter set of rules than those dealing in hemp products. And lawmakers started trying to rein in the industry last year after some accused Schexnayder of misrepresenting how potent the products hitting shelves under his legislation would be.
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All the bills proposed last year that sought to more heavily regulate the industry died, spelling a major victory for upstart hemp producers. Schexnayder had his own bill that would take more modest steps than some of his peers' to rein in the program while keeping it alive and allowing products with THC in them to be sold. But amid squabbles with other Republicans, he ultimately didn't bring his bill to the House floor.
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Pressly's SB 237 passed the Senate Agriculture Committee last month and now heads to the full Senate, where it is expected to be considered within weeks.
New hemp THC products could be outlawed in Louisiana in proposed bill.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:47 am to saint tiger225
Can't have these products eating into big pharma profits 

Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:47 am to saint tiger225
Definitely what a shithole state should be worried about instead of its cratering economy, laughable education system, falling apart roads, soaring crime, etc.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 11:48 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:47 am to saint tiger225
Thanks for keeping us safe
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:48 am to saint tiger225
What’s wrong with these retards.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:49 am to saint tiger225
frick this crooked state... and I don't even use any of that shite.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:49 am to saint tiger225
I'd like to know what makes THC products so horrible that we have to ban them while cigarettes, vapes, and all the alcohol you could ever want are totally fine. It also sounds like this bill is driving businesses out of the state.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:50 am to saint tiger225
Big pharma wants to sell you pills that do the same things as THC but at ten times the cost and twice the negative side effects.
Big pharma is also attacking intermittent fasting because they have a pill they want to sell you that does the same thing.
What the hell happened to small government and Republicans staying out of people’s lives????
Big pharma is also attacking intermittent fasting because they have a pill they want to sell you that does the same thing.
What the hell happened to small government and Republicans staying out of people’s lives????
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:51 am to saint tiger225
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Sen. Thomas Pressly
frick you
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:51 am to saint tiger225
First they banned "flavored" vapes under the guise of we don't want our kids getting addicted. Now its harmless hemp products

Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:51 am to red sox fan 13
And Louisiana has the biggest (SWIDT?) population to attest to this. Most unhealthy citizenship around.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:55 am to saint tiger225
Leave it to those idiots in the La Legis to frick up a good thing.
Coming from one who has never been big into marijuana, the THC products are good for a variety of things and mellow. Of course, they can be abused, like a million things available in your local grocery or hardware store.
Coming from one who has never been big into marijuana, the THC products are good for a variety of things and mellow. Of course, they can be abused, like a million things available in your local grocery or hardware store.
This post was edited on 4/3/24 at 11:59 am
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:56 am to red sox fan 13
quote:don’t forget Kratom, which is way more of a “drug” than thc
like to know what makes THC products so horrible that we have to ban them while cigarettes, vapes, and all the alcohol you could ever want are totally fine
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:57 am to saint tiger225
I don't see why they are trying to do this.
However, if you use most of this shite you are a fricking idiot.
Most comes from China, we have no idea WTF it is.
I'm a chemist, with pharma experience. I fully support marijuana and THC type products.
But, if you are going to use, buy US made stuff. There are some out there on market.
Same goes for supplements. Buy, US made preferably USP certified shite.
However, if you use most of this shite you are a fricking idiot.
Most comes from China, we have no idea WTF it is.
I'm a chemist, with pharma experience. I fully support marijuana and THC type products.
But, if you are going to use, buy US made stuff. There are some out there on market.
Same goes for supplements. Buy, US made preferably USP certified shite.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 11:57 am to sta4ever
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What’s wrong with these retards.
To a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
To a state politician, everything is a problem that needs to be fixed, for one’s own glory.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:00 pm to saint tiger225
I hate Republicans so much.
Yeah, let's not address real issues like businesses leaving the state, violent crime, or one of the highest tax rates in the country.
Nope. Low hanging fruit like legal THC or the national anthem.
They never have the balls to confront the things that really hurt their constituents.
Yeah, let's not address real issues like businesses leaving the state, violent crime, or one of the highest tax rates in the country.
Nope. Low hanging fruit like legal THC or the national anthem.
They never have the balls to confront the things that really hurt their constituents.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:00 pm to Privateer 2007
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Most comes from China, we have no idea WTF it is.
That is simply not true when it comes to the legal hemp/cannabis industry.
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expanding the hemp industry as a way to help Louisiana farmers cash in on a new market
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Those who stand to lose business under the legislation include Joe Gerrity, CEO of New Orleans-based Crescent Canna, a company that creates and distributes hemp-derived THC and CBD products, including the popular Crescent 9 THC seltzer
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:00 pm to billjamin
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Definitely what a shithole state should be worried about instead of its cratering economy, laughable education system, falling apart roads, soaring crime, etc.
I keep reminding myself I'm only here because of family.
Posted on 4/3/24 at 12:03 pm to billjamin
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Definitely what a shithole state should be worried about instead of its cratering economy, laughable education system, falling apart roads, soaring crime, etc.
An old metairie housewife got elected to the legislature a couple years ago and I think her only contribution to date has been the porn id bill.
State is fricked.
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