Every five years, Congress passes a comprehensive agriculture policy package known as the Farm Bill. In the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress legalized hemp and any hemp-derived products. This legislation federally legalized the sale of hemp-derived compounds like CBD but also authorized Delta-8 and other synthetically-derived compounds that, just like THC, are addictive, intoxicating, and psychoactive. Now, these dangerous products are marketed to kids using fun flavors and sold in accessible locations like gas stations across the country.

Congress can close the Delta-8 loophole this year by clarifying the hemp legalization provisions to ban the manufacturing or sale of intoxicating or psychoactive hemp-derived compounds.

Please urge your Representatives and Senators to support closing the loophole!