A leading marijuana legalization advocacy organization is stepping up the pressure on Congress to reverse a scheduled ban on hemp THC products and institute a system of regulations as an alternative to criminalization.
“When it comes to public health and safety, regulation and education consistently yield better results than prohibition,” the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) said in an action alert to its supporters this week, urging them to send letters to their members of Congress about the issue.
“The path forward to address real safety concerns is setting clear potency limits, testing and labeling standards, age restrictions, and keeping dangerous products out of the market—all while preserving consumer access to a market that has created over 225,000 jobs and generated at least $28 billion in tax revenue nationally to date,” the group said.
While some marijuana businesses see the federally legal hemp industry as a form of competition that unfairly has access to interstate commerce and have supported moves to federally recriminalize its products, MPP as an advocacy group is asking Congress to stop the planned ban while instead moving forward with comprehensive reform for all cannabinoids.
Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis
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