How Kentucky Lost Its War Against Delta-8 THC

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Unlike the 38 states that have legalized some form of marijuana, Kentucky is stuck in the 1980s when it comes to cannabis laws. However, the state has a robust industrial hemp industry—thanks to a 2014 pilot program and the Farm Bill.

“It was a war against hemp,” says Dee Dee Taylor, the owner of 502 Hemp, a store that sells Delta-8 and other hemp-based products in Kentucky, and a member of the Kentucky Hemp Association.

But, Quarles and the State Police had it wrong. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Delta-8 THC is legal so long as the cannabis it was extracted from is hemp. And last week, the state officially lost its war against Delta-8.

 

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