Oklahoma seeks to rein in Hemp’s Delta 8 and Delta 10 unregulated sales

by | May 5, 2025 | News | 0 comments

US (OK): State to start crackdown on hemp loophole

As popularity grows in the mostly unregulated market of hemp-based THC products, Oklahoma officials are exploring ways to enforce state law on what the governor calls “the unlawful manufacturing, distribution and sale of these compounds.”
The products being targeted are not ones that are regulated under the state’s medical marijuana laws. Instead, these are products made from hemp, which is a similar cannabis plant that naturally contains much less of the psychoactive chemical THC. After processing and concentration, its byproducts are sold virtually anywhere a buyer and seller can meet.

Examples include Delta 8, Delta 10 and other synthesized THC products that began life as a hemp plant. That’s different from Delta 9, which is the most commonly known variant of THC and is found in medical marijuana that is regulated by the state.

Enter Gov. Kevin Stitt, who now has asked several state agencies to coordinate enforcement of the production, distribution and retail sale of psychoactive hemp-derived cannabis products. Hemp-derived THC has seen a growing market since the U.S. Congress passed the 2018 Farm Bill, which removed hemp from the definition of marijuana and authorized hemp cultivation in the United States.

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