If the pill passes, Hermida estimates he would no longer be able to sell up to 80% of the products in his store. 'Quite honestly, a lot of our licensed hemp businesses would be willing to comply with regulations for 21 and up, we don’t want to see these products in the hands of children.”īut Hermida said he is worried the addiontal regulations could drive small dispensaries like his out of the market, facing competition with the medical marijuana industry. “We already have a 21 and up rule on a lot of Delta 8 products in the state,' Hermida said. State Senator Colleen Burton of Lakeland introduced the bill, saying the intention is to protect kids from getting their hands on harmful substances – which Hermina doesn't take issue with. The newly-proposed bill would limit the amount of hemp-derived THC in products to no more than two milligrams per package and require it to be sold in containers that are not attractive to children. Unlike marijuana, hemp does not have enough of the psychoactive element THC to cause a mind-altering effect. The Farm Bill of 2018 made it legal for businesses to sell CBD and other products dervied from hemp.

Hermida is referring to a pair of bills filed in the Florida Senate and House of Representatives that would add more regulations on hemp. If these bills pass, a lot of my customers are going to become criminals overnight.” If we’re not here, they’re going to go to the black market. 'They can’t be part of that system, so they come to us. “They come to us because they can’t afford medical marijuana,' Hermida said.

If passed, the new regulations would become law on July 1.Some local dispensaries are concerned the proposed bill could kill the hemp industry.A pair of bills in the Florida House of Representatives and Senate would create new restrictions on hemp.The Farm Bill of 2018 made it legal for businesses to sell CBD and other products derived by hemp, a part of the cannabis plant that does not contain enough THC to cause a mind-altering effect.

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