Compromise was needed “to make sure that we had the votes to keep this out of the hands of children… That’s the number one thing.”
By Adrian Ashford, South Carolina Daily Gazette
Legislation limiting South Carolina sales of intoxicating hemp products to adults over 21 passed the Senate on Thursday in a compromise that took two weeks and a do-over vote to revive the bill following a past-midnight rejection.
Beyond limiting most sales to liquor stores, the amended bill restricts what’s legal to beverages and gummies with no more than 10 milligrams of THC per serving.
The 35-4 vote on Thursday came almost 17 hours after the effort seemed to blow up completely.
Proposals on how to rein in sales of drinks and edibles infused with hemp-derived THC—effectively legalized by the 2018 federal Farm Bill—have divided the GOP in both chambers over the past two legislative sessions. In a state where marijuana remains illegal, legislators have generally agreed they want to keep the products that provide an alternative high out of children’s hands. But they’ve been at odds over what should be legal for adults to buy.
Earlier this year, a chaotic divide among Republicans on the House floor resulted in a different bill
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