THC has made my PTSD bearable. Why are kids told to stay away? I didn’t touch weed til 23, and it changed my life. I should have been high my entire teens,life would have been more manageable. Newsom can eat a bag of cow crap. People like him REQUIRE replacement.
Kids are told to stay away because THC, like most drugs, impacts brain development 😅
Once you’re 25 your brain is generally considered fully developed. The closer you get to that point the less of an issue it is, but kids shouldn’t be smoking weed all the time, it can impair your brain’s development.
Yup. Several of the heavy smokers I met in high school ended up “perma-fried” it’s not a guarantee, but it was may more than 1/100.
Same goes for people who really made drinking a part of their identity in HS and college. It’s not unique to drugs/alcohol, but they are the most talked about substances that can have adverse effects on a developing brain, and are already controlled substances.
Hemp-derived THC-infused sparkling water, he lamented, can be found—including by minors—alongside more benign products like La Croix.
So? Minors can “find” beer next to the La Croix, too. Doesn’t mean the cashier has to sell it to them. Just had to throw in some useless “think of the children” fearmongering, huh?
Nothing makes me automatically assume someone is lying to me faster than a “think of the children” campaign.
Why?
Because products sold as non-psychoactive should generally actually be non-psychoactive. Though personally I appreciate it from the perspective of I’d like to be able to eat hemp protein without failing a drug test.
But aren’t we talking trace amounts?
No. Only ∆9 is limited. Per the farm bill, thca is hemp, so the same stuff you would buy at a dispensary can be legally purchased online and shipped to all but a handful of states. It’s all about the money.
I feel you on that, but drug tests are bullshit anyway. Unless a test can reliably tell that you’re under the influence at work, they shouldn’t be able to use them.
I mean, agreed, but I’m working for the DOT so… Not a lot I can do about that at least until it gets rescheduled. Hopefully if it gets rescheduled people can get a federally acknowledged prescription and the ADA should take care of the rest.
If it were just about protecting the public, they would require a label of ingredients, which most items already have.
Because it cuts into profits and taxes from dispensaries.
I think this is more accurately the reason why he’s making a big deal. They tax every sale from the dispensary.
Newsom announced new emergency regulations on Friday that would outlaw hemp products with any “detectable amount of total THC.” Hemp products that don’t have THC would be further limited to five servings per package, and sales would be restricted to adults 21 and older.
So:
A. He banned all hemp flower and most hemp-derived products in CA in one fell swoop because he doesn’t understand how the relation of THC:CBD works in the plant or the entourage effect or the fact that federally it’s a total of 0.3% maximum, which ain’t getting anybody high.
B. He limited packaging for what reason, exactly? It doesn’t get you high. Even if it did, why?
C. An age limit, that I can agree with. It should probably be 18 for this like it is most everywhere else in the US, but if you want people to be able to die for their country and can’t have a CBD gummy, go ahead Newsom.
Age, testing, and labeling requirements are great. Unscientific regulations by executive order that will make people’s lives worse are not.
You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the federal law. It’s .3% delta 9 thc. THCa the acidic form of delta 9 thc before conversion through heat is not controlled at any limit.
I am aware of the difference. The terminology is confusing and I was kinda stoned while typing that.
He specifically said “any detectable amount of total THC” though, which means the difference is moot. Total THC is THCA in this context.
EDIT:
So there is no miscommunication, yeah federal law allows a max of 0.3% D9 THC at the pre-harvest test (I forget the exact specifics, it’s been a while). Newsom said CBD that contains any detectable percentage of total THC is banned in the state of California by executive order with no oversight. The scientific facts of the latter are not the same as the former and Newsom is an idiot for thinking they are.
You sir are correct. My apologies!
Hemp derived products compete directly with legal weed in the state but are outside the established regulatory regime for legal weed.
Standing next to a table piled with largely unregulated products containing hemp-derived cannabinoids, including beverages and gummies, Newsom expressed disgust that they’re now widely sold at grocery stores, gas stations and convenience stores. Hemp-derived THC-infused sparkling water, he lamented, can be found—including by minors—alongside more benign products like La Croix.
“It’s a disgrace and it’s a shame,” the governor said, “and the industry bears full responsibility for not policing itself, for the proliferation of these intoxicating products that are hurting our children.”
When has ‘the industry policing itself’ ever worked? It should be policy or have been considered before implementing the marijuana law in the first place. Earmark money set aside for regulatory needs. Enforce labels. Beer isn’t sold next to the soda in the same fridge usually. Same should be for like THC candies etc.
