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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

The loopholes on the farm bill are so big that I don't know why we're debating legalization at this point.

To meet the 2018 farm bill requirements, your thing needs to have <0.3% delta-9 THC by weight. This opened up the delta-8 market--less potent but you can just add more of it--but that was only the start of exploring the new legal territory this opened up.

10mg of THC delta-9 is considered a good sized dose in edible products. A standard can of soda is about 225 grams. So do the math: 0.01g / 225g = 0.004%. Close to two orders of magnitude under the farm bill limit, and a lot of THC seltzers come in bigger cans than that. You can sell that in every state that hasn't specifically banned it otherwise.

It gets even better. To get 10mg of THC delta-9, a gummy only needs to be about 3g to make the 0.3% limit. Not that big at all.

That mostly leaves smoking/vaping as the only methods that don't have an easy loophole.

Just legalize it already. This is stupid.