Florida bill could ban hemp products like delta-8 THC

Everywhere you go there are signs for "delta-8" THC products. It's been called "diet weed" because it'll get you high, though it's not as intoxicating as medicinal marijuana.

Hemp-derived THC products, also including delta-10 and THC-O products, have been sold in Florida for the past five years, but lawmakers are out to ban these products altogether.

The kinds of products that would be banned with this legislation sell incredibly well at head shops and smoke shops throughout Tampa Bay. But some sellers say they are being unfairly targeted.

"Before you go and completely restrict it, get educated and see who it's helping first,” Adam Wick, owner of Health Hemp Outlet in St. Petersburg, said.

Wick doesn't sell his delta-8 THC products with flashy labels or disguised as food; he sells online only, mostly to seniors who don't have a medical marijuana card but still want relief from chronic pain. He says CBD products are half his business, and delta-8 products are the other half.

"So if they took it away it would affect business,” he says. “I have customers that would be seeking an alternative and that concerns me. What would happen then?"

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