Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's ban on intoxicating hemp products hit another hurdle on Tuesday, resulting in an indefinite pause on a huge part of the effort.
Richard Moore, general counsel for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said in a letter Tuesday that the state's health regulators will stop embargoing — or tagging — products simply because they contain hemp-derived THC.
"In regard to psychoactive cannabis products, the department will focus its efforts on the identification of 'misbranded' products,'" Moore wrote to the Missouri Hemp Trade Association's attorney, Chuck Hatfield.
When Parson signed his executive order on Aug. 1, he said his primary focus was to protect children consuming the products that resemble popular candy, like Lifesavers, but contain the intoxicating compound of the cannabis plant, THC.
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