A coalition of Ohio breweries are rallying residents to put pressure on their lawmakers to override the governor and give business until the end of the year to keep selling hemp-derived THC beverages as the legislature intended when they delivered a cannabis bill to his desk.
While the House and Senate passed legislation last year to effectively ban the consumable cannabinoid market, it was sent to Gov. Mike DeWine (R) with language that would have carved out a temporary exception for hemp beverages, making it so those products could continue to be sold through the end of 2026. But when the governor signed SB 56, which also places new restrictions on the state’s voter-approved marijuana law, he used his power to line-item veto the cannabis drinks provision.
Consequently, all hemp THC products, including beverages, are unlawful to market in Ohio as of last week. Now breweries across the state, including those that incorporated hemp drinks into their menu, are hoping to get lawmakers to override the veto.
“We’ve been working with our politicians over the past few months and thought we had a really good, solid bill that was safe, that was endorsed by many on both sides of the
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