The medical cannabis industry from South Dakota expressed its support for spiked operations for sellers of hemp products that create a marijuana-like high.
The comments by Jeremiah Murphy, a lobbyist of the Cannabis Industry Association by South Dakota, took place on Tuesday during the meeting of the medical marijuana supervisory supervisory attendance.
Murphy's Association represents the 116 licensed medical cannabis cultivating, manufacturers and pharmacies of the state.
The industry “recommends the Sheriff's office of Pennington County” for her sting company on hemp-based THC products in eight smoke shops and convenience stores in the city, said Murphy.
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The law enforcement authorities bought samples of rubber, THC drinks and other products with “hemp-derived” ingredients. THC tribes are a family of high-inducing molecules that are contained in large concentrations in the cannabis plant.
The hemp system is a cousin from cannabis that contains tiny amounts of THC. Rough remedies derived from hemp often get their THC made of chemically modified or distilled CBD. CBD is another, non -intoxicating molecule that occurs in cannabis and hemp.
Hemp is legal to cultivate according to the 2018 farm law, and products derived from Hanf are legal according to the Federal Law. Since mid-2024, however, South Dakota has not excluded the sales-the products from chemically synthesized versions of THC.
The Rapid City Compliance check followed a letter of July 10 of the Pennington County lawyer, Lara Roetzel, to companies that are suspected of selling illegal hemp sales.
Katy Urban, spokeswoman for Roetzel's office, says the agencies are waiting for testing the results to determine whether laws have been broken.
The spokesman for the Sioux police authority, Aaron Benson, said that the SFPD had carried out a conformity test and is waiting for the results of a laboratory test to determine how a case should continue. Benson refused to say how many companies were attended, citing the open examination.
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At the meeting of the medical marijuana committee on Tuesday, Murphy repeated an assertion that he has used for almost two years: the availability of hemp false to medical cannabis brings the heavily regulated medical marijuana industry from the state.
“Why do I go to a doctor and pay him and why do I pay the state to pay even more money when I can go to the Vape Shop, or I can go to the hemp business and you sell exactly what I need?” Said Murphy.
The number of medical marijuana cards issued in the state is around 14,000, but it is easy to adopt every day, which Whitney Brunner from the Ministry of Health shared on Tuesday.
“All data points presented on patient cards are in good time for a snapshot,” said Brunner.
The issue of cards has taken place slightly since the voters rejected a ballot paper for legalizing leisure kannabis last autumn, but from this week at around 14,000. A little more than 70% of the cards were spent on people to treat chronic pain, Brunner told the committee.
Medical cannabis priority supported the law that prohibited the sale of synthetically modified hemp products, but the law has not led to cases against sellers. According to the Unified Justice System, around 100 fees were submitted between young people and adult cases last month. Some of these fees were bound to individual accused.
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John Peterson, President of South Dakota Industrial Hemp Association, said his organization has no problem with the rules for consumables.
“You have adopted the rules and we only want to have the good players in the game,” said Peterson, whose Dakota -Hanf is one of two companies in South Dakota Hanf processing plants.
South Dakota leads the nation in hemp production. Hemp systems have to be tested legally and have less than 0.3% THC. In a typical, pre-rolled, smokable cannabis joint, Peterson said: “You see a 30% THC level.”
“You will want your money back if it is not that high,” he said.
According to Peterson, consumer goods with or without intoxicating properties were one of the first that occurred. CBD products, including products such as lotions, are often marketed for their alleged health benefits to people and their pets.
Hemp-derived THC products that “if someone will take and process it to establish an unnatural connection,” started a few years ago a few years ago.
“That was the industry that led financially, but at the start of the industry we see the grain, fiber and textile areas as leading products in the future,” said Peterson.
Peterson spoke out of a stand in Dakota Festival in Mitchell and listed a dozen products from a hemp association brochure, including building materials such as hemp cret and covering material.
As far as consumables are concerned, Peterson said: “We will not scream and roar and say:” You have to let us live behind. ”
He said he hoped that the consumption balance sheet will not affect the rest of the industry.
“As long as you don't strive to discriminate the hemp industry, I have no problems with it.”
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