Hemp advocates are nervous Illinois could be the next state to ban to ban intoxicating hemp THC products.
Tensions are high after Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently threatened to issue an executive order banning the products after state lawmakers failed to pass regulations, Axios reported.
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Pritzker, who’s been a reliable ally of the state’s $2 billion regulated cannabis industry, said his intent is to push lawmakers to establish regulations for hemp-derived THC products.
But if they can’t or won’t, he’ll step in and ban, he warned last week.
That would follow the lead of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who issued an executive order banning hemp-derived THC last year.
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