Petition: Opposition to Inhalable Hemp Product Bans in the U.S.

In the height of the hemp industry's growth, states are scratching their heads when it comes to inhalable hemp products containing naturally derived cannabinoids.

There are valid and challenging points raised by opposition of inhalable hemp products, and we want to draw attention to the fact that these challenges do not warrant the construction of industry (hopefully hempcrete) roadblocks.

Some of the challenges the industry faces that have been cited by regulators, are :

-Law Enforcement doesn't have the proper tools to confirm THC levels for
inhalable hemp products in the field, making the hemp difficult to distinguish
from marijuana when its outside of the package.

-Is THCa Potency relevant for inhalable hemp products?

-Are inhalable hemp products intoxicating?

Potential solutions to these challenges, are:

-Publicly utilizing tax revenues (sales, income, excise, etc.) from inhalable hemp
product sales to properly equip law enforcement to distinguish between hemp
and marijuana in the field.

-The 2018 Farm Bill, the current predominant federal law governing hemp laws,
mandates that testing must be done on a post decarboxylation basis, which
suggests THCa is relevant to the THC threshold of hemp. Also, inhalable hemp
products are inherently decarboxylated during the consumption process,
suggesting manufacturers and sellers should consider THCa factoring in THC
legality regarding to the threshold.

Cannabis connoisseurs know that a 90% THCa concentrate, with 0.2% THC,
once consumed, is highly intoxicating, and such product should not be defined
as a legal hemp product.

- A study conducted by the European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical
Neuroscience (published in the The National Center for Biotechnology
Information, which is part of the United States National Library of Medicine, a
branch of the National Institutes of Health) suggests that high ratios of CBD to
THC actually limit the intoxicating effects of THC.

3mg of THC is a small dose, assuming the hemp is of highest allowable THC
potency, and the high ratios of CBD to THC will limit the, if any, intoxicating
effect produced from the minuscule amounts of THC present in legally grown
hemp.

We're suggesting that prohibition does not work, and inhalable hemp products open up opportunities to address inhalable cannabis products as a whole on the federal level.

If you're allowed to consume tobacco and alcohol products, you should be allowed to consume non-intoxicating inhalable hemp products.

Please sign this petition to support governmental collaboration in regards to sensible regulation and marketing for inhalable hemp products.