A federal judge in Wyoming rejected an initial challenge to the state’s new restrictions on hemp-derived products brought by would-be sellers of intoxicating goods such as delta-8 THC.
The state’s new rules – which also close a loophole that some hemp merchants have exploited to sell so-called THCA flower – do not violate the Constitution, U.S. District Judge Kelly Rankin ruled on July 19.
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And the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill does not preclude states from passing stricter laws of their own, Ranking added in his ruling.
Hemp sellers rejected
The judge was ruling on a June request for a preliminary injunction to block the new law brought by a coterie of Wyoming hemp businesses.
Though the case is still pending in court, Wyoming’s
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