“Simply using hemp-derived cannabinoid in place of THC or marijuana is merely a distinction without a real difference.”
By Adrian Ashford, South Carolina Daily Gazette
South Carolina law enforcement chiefs are urging legislators to reject a freshman lawmaker’s proposal to regulate, not ban, intoxicating hemp products for people like his son, who uses them to treat seizures.
It’s a bad idea, according to leaders of the State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and associations representing police chiefs and sheriffs across South Carolina, whose letters to House leaders were shared Monday with all 124 members.
The law enforcement leaders don’t want an amendment offered last week by the state’s newest legislator, GOP Rep. Greg Ford of Summerville, to come back up. Disagreement on the House floor last Wednesday among the chamber’s ruling Republicans resulted in legislation getting sent back to the committee that advanced it.
The vote to recommit the bill, which would ban most hemp products infused with THC, followed an unexpectedly close vote (59-52) to reject Ford’s attempt to completely overhaul it.
Ford, elected just last month, told his colleagues how his 24-year-old son uses hemp products with THC for relief from seizures. He credits the products with saving his son’s life.
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