“The governor, the attorney general, and now, apparently, the Department of Agriculture are going around the law to try to ban this product that is legal in Nebraska.”
By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor
Nebraska hemp businesses generate an estimated $10 million in sales tax revenue each year and employ around 2,000 Nebraskans, but the state is adopting a novel approach to cracking down on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, in a move is drawing a backlash from the hemp industry and local politicians.
Following up on a January executive order from Gov. Jim Pillen (R), “Protecting Nebraskans from Intoxicating Synthetic Cannabinoid Products,” the state Department of Agriculture has posted new proposed regulations that would restrict the sale of many hemp-derived products by classifying them as “adulterated” under the Nebraska Pure Food Act. Such a designation would effectively bar stores from selling the products.
That’s the idea, Pillen said as he released his executive order.
“We must be able to protect our kids from these products. They’re marketed like something they are not and the hemp industry is taking advantage of that fact, said Pillen.
But Joseph Fraas of the Nebraska Healthy Alternatives Association said the proposal was nothing more than
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