California Proposes Emergency Regulations on Hemp Products

New rules would prohibit sales to customers under 21 and place other limits on industrial hemp products meant for human consumption.
California Proposes Emergency Regulations on Hemp Products
Snack hemp seeds for sale at the "Capitol Hemp" store in Washington on May 20, 2010. Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images
Jill McLaughlin
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The California Department of Public Health has proposed emergency regulations on hemp products sold in the state that officials say could cause adverse effects on children.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the emergency regulations weeks after a hemp regulation bill, Assembly Bill 2223, failed to pass the Senate Appropriations Committee in August. The legislation faced strong opposition from hemp industry advocates and lobbyists who called it a “bureaucratic power grab.”
Jill McLaughlin
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