Missouri Governor Announces New Task Force To Track Unregulated Psychoactive Hemp Sales
DHSS became enforcing the ban on Sept 1st
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson once again took to his podium Tuesday to announce a crackdown on unregulated psychoactive cannabis products.
He announced a joint task force between the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office that will help get products off of shelves and build on Bailey’s existing investigation into these products.
Because of what some consider a “hemp loophole,” some chemicals extracted from the cannabis plant are mostly federally unregulated. Parson issued an executive order Aug. 1 seeking to ban products with these chemicals, enforced through the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and the Department of Health and Senior Services.
However, while the DHSS began enforcing the ban Sept. 1, ATC enforcement was delayed after Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft refused to sign off on the emergency rules submitted by the department.
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