Since Delta-8 has intoxicating, psychoactive properties, the FDA may move more swiftly. For years, the FDA has been mulling standards and regulations for CBD products. Bans in those states is motivated in part by complaints from the adult-use cannabis industry, which rightly views Delta-8 THC products as an existential threat.īut the federal government may also take action. To date, 16 states have banned or restricted sales of Delta-8 products, including cannabis-friendly states like Colorado, Michigan, and Nevada. “They kind of did the same thing with CBD.” “It’s kind of that first blow against the industry,” Battles said. But they did interpret the federal agencies’ warning as a clear sign. So far, none of the Delta-8 vendors or distributors contacted for this article reported any changes in vendor, distributor, or customer attitudes as a result of the FDA/CDC warnings. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 5: Hemp grows at Murray State Universitys hemp field in Murray, Ky., on. And the FDA also cracked down on CBD products, but for mislabeling products or making claims about health benefits unsupported by research.
The same was true with products containing CBD. And, as the FDA pointed out, there are no requirements around labeling or product quality or safety. One big difference is that unlike tightly regulated adult-use cannabis, Delta-8 THC is wholly unregulated.
“Those people in the hospital, they were there because they were too high, more than likely,” he said. The warnings echo advisories issued over the past decade about “regular” adult-use cannabis products containing THC-triggered by people, sometimes children but frequently adults, who overconsumed.īattles suspects a similar phenomenon is at play. According to the FDA, between December 2020 and July 2021, poison-control centers received 660 calls from people who consumed Delta-8 THC-many unintentionally, almost all of them children, dozens of whom were hospitalized with very familiar-sounding symptoms: lethargy, slurred speech, erratic heart rates, sedation, and even “coma.”
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