South Dakota Law Banning Intoxicating Hemp Products Takes Effect After Judge Declines To Block It
South Dakota Law Banning Intoxicating Hemp Products Takes Effect After Judge Declines To Block It
“The Legislature’s passage of HB 1125 falls squarely within the police powers traditionally reserved to states.” By John Hult, South Dakota Searchlight A new law barring the production or sale of high-inducing, hemp-derived cannabis products will take effect Monday after a judge declined to block it...
A new law barring the production or sale of high-inducing, hemp-derived cannabis products will take effect Monday after a judge declined to block it.
Hemp Quarters 605, a Pierre-based shop that sells those products, filed a lawsuit earlier this month in U.S. District Court in South Dakota. The business claims the new law’s provisions are unconstitutional and in conflict with federal law.
This new law targets five specific compounds. They are:
(a) Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-8-THC;
(b) Delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-10-THC;
(c) Tetrahydrocannabinol acetate, also known as THC-O-acetate or THC-O;
(d) Hexahydrocannabinol, also known as HHC; or
(e) Tetrahydrocannabiphoral, also known as THCP;