DeSantis, hemp man.
Posted on 06/08/2024 2:42:23 PM PDT by conservative98
TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Ron DeSantis - who's come out swinging against a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational marijuana - on Friday delivered a victory to potential pot competitors by vetoing a measure that would have severely restricted the sales and production of euphoria-inducing hemp-based products.
Lawmakers passed the bill (SB 1698) in March, with supporters arguing it would address safety concerns as the use of THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, has boomed.
The bill would have banned the sale of products containing what is known as delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol and limited the amount of delta-9 THC. Delta-8 and delta-9 are cannabinoids in hemp that can get people high.
In a statement sent to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede, bill sponsor, Senator Colleen Burton said, "As prime sponsor of Senate Bill 1698, related to food and hemp products, it is very disappointing this legislation was vetoed."
In a veto message Friday, DeSantis said the legislation's "goals are commendable" but that it "would, in fact, impose debilitating regulatory burdens on small businesses and almost certainly fail to achieve its purposes."
Hemp farmers and businesses that sell and manufacture hemp-derived products vehemently objected to the bill, saying it would effectively shutter the industry and cost the state thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in lost revenue.
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Hemp is simply a camel’s nose.
Seriously, how many people remember hemp being the “super food” it’s touted as today 20 years ago?
I’m not sure, but I think it was illegal 20 years ago, again, I could be mistaken.
George Washington was a hemp farmer.
Hemp and marijuana are the same species of plant. There is a spectrum of variety within the species, but it is the same species. When you have such a spectrum within a species, there is often no clear boundary separating one from the other. The percentage of THC within a plant is generally used to separate the two, but the line is blurred between one end of the spectrum and the other. If you don’t think that this blurring of the lines is what is behind the increased growth of CBD outlets in recent years, you need to think again.
In my hometown, there are three stores in a row: a liquor store, a CBD store, and a Goodwill store. I sometimes make the remark that customers initially only go to the liquor store. Then they try out the CBD store. They they are compelled by financial circumstances to start using the Goodwill store.
legalization of marijuana signifies the end of a civilized state!”
Death and misery follow.
Lot’s of farmers grew hemp. It was used for making ropes, burlap bag etc. It was not used recreationally.
I remember hemp rope.
Smooth, supple, no fibers sticking out to stick in your hands.
Dad used it for our swing set.
Us kids did not ever think of eating it; or of smoking it.
This was over 20 years ago, more like 65 years ago.
The allowable percentage of THC in legal CBD products is 0.3% or less
That’s essentially nothing, although a super-sensitive assay test might pick it up..
He never explained? It seems to contradict the claimed stance they say he has regarding the amendment and he opposing it.
Making a move for the ‘libertarian’ vote. Smart.
Hemp ropes are good and sturdy. May come in handy to use on invaders from outstate.
Hemp makes good rope.
Euphoria based “hemp” products? Hemp does NOT produce Euphoria as it has by DEA standards NO THC which, in marijuana DOES cause psychotropic euphoria.
Hemp is used to make cloths, 0%THC content Cannabidiol (CBD) pain relief product including sublingual tinctures as well as liquid vaping delivery products which deliver- NOT THC, but CBD- a potent non euphoric and non-opioid pain compound from hemp plants. Hemp which is genetically designed to produce major amounts of CBD... only.
“Medical Marijuana” is a farce— it is POT to get high by prescription. Don’t have a prescription or an ID to have any— then you are in illegal possession. That is current FL law, and people pulled in having marijuana they “say” is “medical” and don’t have a card to prove it— they are charged.
Please, no arguments with the clinical points made in this post. Hemp is a HUGE industry for Canada- and there is NO reason Hemp can’t be grown and sold for medical, fiber and foodstuff manufacture— grown in FL. Big money. See: Canadian Hemp, and better yet see the Israeli Patent Holders for the Hemp genetic varietal which produces NO THC— and only CBD in harvestable quantities.
Death and misery follow.
Absolutely.
If for no other reason, you can almost guarantee that the correct, conservative position on an issue is the one that is diametrically opposed to the left’s position on it. Not an absolute axiom, but one you can begin with with a whole lot of confidence. And I’m not going to entertain the “libertarian” point-of-view on this. They are morally and intellectually myopic to a fault 95% of the time.
And just a little thought will lead you to the truth that the narrative is not the narrative. There is ALWAYS an underlying agenda beneath which eventually surfaces. Remember when the left touted unfettered marijuana legalization but promised no hard drugs? Well, in no time leftist Oregon did just that. “Life sentences” instead of the death penalty then became letting murderous members of the Manson Family out of prison because holding them “too long” would be “inhumane.”
I don’t think my body cream is the way to hell. This law was overkill.
He’s very opposed to the recreational marijuana measure and, thank goodness, it looks like it’s not going to pass, thanks to DeSantis.
As I pointed out, when you’re dealing with variety within a species, there is usually a very blurred line. I don’t think that these CBD stores are popping up to sell rope.
“Hemp genetic varietal which produces NO THC— and only CBD in harvestable quantities.”
Delta-8 THC is made from CDB, and is a way to avoid legal penalties of delta-9 THC, which is the psychotropic chemical in pot. It’s just a way to avoid the law, as it gets users high, just not as high, mg to mg.
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