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Better vape and fap (europe.pub)
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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (11 children)

That's absolutely part of it. Here in Wisconsin the Tavern League has outsized influence and we still don't have legal weed and we lead the country in drinking. Although I've been seeing more and more of those THC drinks. I'm not sure what kind of loophole those slip through, but they seem popular.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Weed drinks and gummies, largely. I can pick them up at woodmans in the liquor section, though come November I may need to stock up

    Hemp loophole

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Damn y'all don't even have medical, always thought you guys would follow us here in Michigan relatively quickly as our states have very similar politics but I didn't think about big beer lobbying.

    Is there a line of dispensaries on the border in illinois then like we have here for all the ohio and indiana people coming to buy weed?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Yeah, at least there’s one set up in South Beloit. It’s more expensive than Michigan though and has a much stricter limit on what you can buy as a non resident. We went that route before, but the grey area stuff I can get at the grocery store is much more convenient. I’d do Michigan but it’s a bit farther of a drive than Illinois. Maybe I’ll grab stuff next time I head to pictured rocks

    Why don’t we have it? Wisconsin got gerrymandered to hell for a decade. The Supreme Court is now left leaning and is breaking the gerrymander, so hopefully we can get legalization of some sort soon

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    They're derived from hemp, which became federally legal a few years back. It's the same chemical (d9-THC) that's found in cannabis indica and sativa, but it's present in such low quantities in hemp that it takes wayyyyyy more plant matter to extract enough.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    You'd think it would be the active ingredient that is regulated, not the actual plant.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (2 children)

    It is! THC is the regulated chemical. delta-9 is a different molecule which was made federally legal as a result of allowing hemp farming

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    If delta-9 is a different molecule but still an active ingredient, then not all the active ingredients are regulated. And these "thc" drinks are lying.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    Yes. That's just a different way to say what I said

    Eta: sorry lol, I misread your comment. You're not wrong to think that, that whole industry can be kind of shady - why it needs careful regulation alongside legalization

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