“All of this stuff would be taken off the shelves. This is almost 90 percent of our product line. It will probably destroy our business.”
By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor
Hawaii will crack down on non-compliant hemp and CBD retailers beginning Wednesday as enforcement of a state law passed last year requiring them to register commences. The law went into effect January 1, but the state gave retailers a grace period before beginning enforcement actions.
So far, only 50 shops have registered, and other hemp businesses have turned to the federal courts. They are seeking a preliminary injunction to block the state from enforcing the law until the issue can be argued before a judge.
“What that’ll do is say, ‘hey, let’s pause the law for a second. Let’s make sure everything’s right, everything’s fair,’ and in our argument, it hasn’t been fair,” said Lance Alyas, one of the plaintiffs in the case and the owner of four hemp and CBD shops.
But state Medical Cannabis Control director Andrew Goff retorted that shop owners had sufficient time to prepare.
“You had time to change your inventory or pivot from whatever industry you want to go into. And I
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