“If it’s intoxicating, it’s damaging.”
By Anna Kaminski, Kansas Reflector
While Kansas remains one of the last states in the nation without legalized medical or recreational marijuana, THC-infused drinks have evaded scrutiny from officials.
The question of the legality of the drinks came up Thursday at a meeting of a joint legislative committee on security.
Robert Stuart, executive officer for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, explained to lawmakers that while marijuana is illegal in Kansas, THC-infused beverages are considered hemp products and allowed under the 2018 federal Farm Bill, which legalized cannabis plants containing no more than 0.3 percent of a plant’s weight in tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. Products created using hemp are commonly advertised as Delta 9 items, and they can have a weaker effect than marijuana because of their lower THC content.
Rep. Pat Proctor, a Republican from Leavenworth, asked Stuart: “Should we be outlawing it?”
Yes, Stuart said, and he wagered the KBI’s position would be the same.
“If it’s intoxicating, it’s damaging,” he said.
THC drinks are restricted to adults over the age of 21, same as alcoholic beverages.
“You hear all sorts of social arguments and all sorts of different ways of thinking about
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