The Truth About Intoxicating Hemp in Illinois
Highly intoxicating cannabis products without any of the controls of legal cannabis.
Same Intoxicating Products Deserve Same Regulation!
About this Site
As the debate over the proliferation of intoxicating hemp products across Illinois builds, it is imperitive that legislators and members of the public understand what these products are, where they come from, and how they should be regulated.
This site attempts to cut through the confusion and rhetoric published by the intoxicating hemp industry, and provide a basic understanding about these cannabis products available on corners throughout Illinois.
Intoxicating Hemp = Cannabis
Same Substance, Different Name
Legal Cannabis V. Intoxicating Hemp: Economic Impact
Legal cannabis in Illinois is highly regulated from the seed to the sale. Every step of the growing, manufacturing, testing, transportation and sale process is tightly controlled by statute to ensure that Illinois has safe products, keeps cannabis in the legal marketplace, and provides a stable and productive industry.
As can be seen here, at each step of the legal cannabis process, dozens of well
Legal Cannabis V. Intoxicating Hemp: Strict Regulation
All Illinois legal cannabis products are produced in Illinois, under highly controlled environmental conditions and pursuant to strict security protocols.
Intoxicating hemp products are not required to be grown or made in Illinois and most come from regions (including foreign countries) that allow outdoor growing. This means that not only do Illinois businesses not produce these products, but that
All legal cannabis products in Illinois are required to be identified and tracked in a State-run database. Plants and their resulting products can literally be traced from seed to sale. This allows the State to know where all cannabis products are at any time in the growth, manufacturing, transportation and sale process. This helps keep cannabis products out of the hands of criminals and also a
In Illinois legal cannabis edibles and drinks are limited to 10mg of THC per serving and 100mg THC per package.
Intoxicating hemp edibles and drinks have no limitations. Here is a package of intoxicating hemp edibles with 7,500mg of intoxicants. That is 75 times the limit for legal cannabis in Illinois.
Intoxicating Hemp Belongs Under Cannabis Regulation
Bring Intoxicating Hemp Into the Cannabis Structure.
Intoxicating hemp products are the same as heavily regulated legal cannabis products. A stringent regulatory structure already exists for legal cannabis in Illinois. Intoxicating hemp products should be brought into the existing cannabis laws.
By bringing intoxicating hemp into line with legal cannabis, intoxicating hemp businesses that are willing to play by the rules will be able to participate in the well-regulated cannabis industry while at the same time maintaining a safe and controlled industry.
It is time for the Illinois Legislature to take decisive action before Intoxicating hemp is too big to control.
