Devils_Advocate
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Ok. Why?Texas has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country, with sales allowed only by prescription for a handful of conditions.
That has not stopped Lukas Gilkey, chief executive of Hometown Hero CBD, based in Austin. His company sells joints, blunts, gummy bears, vaping devices and tinctures that offer a recreational high. In fact, business is booming online as well, where he sells to many people in other states with strict marijuana laws.
But Gilkey said that he is no outlaw and that he is not selling marijuana, just a close relation. He is offering products with a chemical compound — Delta-8-THC — extracted from hemp. It is only slightly chemically different from Delta 9, which is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
And that small distinction, it turns out, may make a big difference in the eyes of the law. Under federal law, psychoactive Delta 9 is explicitly outlawed. But Delta-8-THC from hemp is not, a loophole that some entrepreneurs say allows them to sell it in many states where hemp possession is legal. The number of customers “coming into Delta 8 is staggering,” Gilkey said.
This Drug Gets You High and Is Legal (Maybe) Across the Country
Texas has one of the most restrictive medical marijuana laws in the country, with sales allowed only by prescription for a handful of conditions. That has not stopped Lukas Gilkey, chief executive of Hometown Hero CBD, based in Austin. His company sells joints, blunts, gummy bears, vaping...news.yahoo.com
There is a loophole. Depending on where you live that may not be for long.
In my personal opinion marijuana should be legalized across the country...
The war on drugs has been a losing battle since the banning of marijuana and the reality is it would cost less to treat addicts than put them into jail.
Also the loophole you write about shouldn’t be messed with and should be left alone allowing people a legal way to obtain a forof the narcotic.
Now if it is found the alternate form is dangerous then of course it would need to be banned but marijuana is not dangerous and loopholes should be needed to be able to obtain and use it.
The money wasted yearly on keeping marijuana illegal can be used for more important things and also it would bring down the convictions and keep people out of jail...