A state appeals court ruling last year put Minnesota sales of CBD, delta-8 THC in question Minnesota’s hemp industry is in crisis. A state appeals court ruling last year put the legality of selling and possessing nearly all CBD products into doubt. Cease-and-desist letters have increasingly targeted retailers and producers selling Minnesota-made CBD products while national brands have made their way onto mainstream grocery store shelves without hassle. And delta-8 THC — an intoxicating, hemp-derived cousin of the main psychoactive substance in marijuana — remains an unregulated and highly profitable product for hemp retailers and growers in Minnesota. A bill has been introduced to ban it completely in the state. “We’re in tough shape right now because of all of this,” said Angela Dawson, president of 40 Acre Cooperative, a hemp farming collective in Pine County. “Everyone is holding off on getting their hemp licenses for next year because we don’t know what the future holds.” Steven Brown, founder of the retail chain Nothing But Hemp and president of the Minnesota Cannabis Association, said if the Legislature doesn’t act, all but one of his six stores in Minnesota would need to close.
420 Intel – Marijuana Industry News, 03/02/2022 19:00:00