Judge rejects petition to pause California ban on intoxicating hemp products
A California judge has temporarily upheld a wide-ranging. statewide ban on nearly all consumer hemp products containing THC.
Superior Court Judge Stephen Goorvitch on Friday denied an application filed by the hemp industry to invoke a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the restrictions – which prohibit the sale of any industrial hemp food, beverage or dietary product for consumption if it contains THC or other intoxicating cannabinoid – until a lawsuit over the matter is resolved.
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The petition was filed late last month in Los Angeles Superior Court by the U.S. Hemp Roundtable trade group and six hemp companies after California’s ban on intoxicating hemp products took effect.
The lawsuit seeking to block California’s ban on intoxicating hemp-derived products is set to begin trial
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