“When purchasing products, Missourians have a right to know if they will be subject to serious and potentially dangerous side effect.”
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) launched an investigation into four companies Wednesday as part of an effort to crack down on intoxicating hemp products.
The problem, according to Bailey, is the products in question—such delta-8 edibles and vape pens—are not clearly labeled to indicate that they’ll get you high.
“When purchasing products, Missourians have a right to know if they will be subject to serious and potentially dangerous side effects,” Bailey stated in his press release, “like psychotic episodes, severe confusion, hallucinations and other life-threatening problems.”
Intoxicating hemp products are completely unregulated but can still be sold in places like bars and gas stations—because hemp is federally legal.
However, everyone from the companies making these products to stores selling them to elected officials want to see age restrictions put in place by the state, along with label and testing requirements.
Two Republican lawmakers have proposed legislation to do that, but the bills would also likely ban a majority of the intoxicating hemp products currently on the market—putting hundreds of companies out of business.
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