A working group in Maine has recommended setting an age limit of 21 for intoxicating hemp-derived products and placing caps on THC in hemp beverages, News Center Maine reports. Dr. Patty Locuratolo Hymanson, a physician and former chair of the Health and Human Service Committee who now sits on the working group, told News Center Maine that hemp-derived THC products in the state are “much more potent than was ever supposed to be allowed.”
“And it’s perfectly legal to do anything you want to with it because there are no regulations around hemp the same way that there are rules around cannabis.” — Hymanson to News Center Maine
John Hudak, director of the Office of Cannabis Policy, said the agency often hears complaints from parents about the ability of children to purchase THC-infused products derived from hemp due to the lack of age limits.
“It’s pretty commonly seen by a lot of people as a problem that these products are in so many different places and available to children,” Hudak told News Center Maine. “We get complaints at our office even though we don’t regulate those products.”
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