ST. LOUIS — A vendor advertising “home-grown” delta-8 cannabis products Saturday at Soulard Market will not be allowed to return until the city can learn more about what was being sold, officials said Wednesday.
Greg Hayes, director of St. Louis’ parks department, said he made the decision Tuesday not to allow the vendor to return after seeing photos of the stall that showed an “uncertainty” of what was being sold last weekend. The parks department oversees the city-owned farmers market.
The vendor told the city it was going to sell CBD products. It did not say it was going to sell delta-8 products, Hayes said.
Benny Asta, the vendor, told the Post-Dispatch on Wednesday that his product was “totally legal.”
Both CBD and delta-8 are made from hemp, a botanical cousin to marijuana, and are legal in the United States. Retailers and customers say these products are used to help with sleep and ease pain, not to get high.
Industry boosters say the incident raises concerns over a lack of state and federal consumer protections in the hemp industry.
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ST. LOUIS — A vendor advertising “home-grown” delta-8 cannabis products Saturday at Soulard Market will not be allowed to return until the city can learn more about what was being sold, officials said Wednesday.
Greg Hayes, director of St. Louis’ parks department, said he made the decision Tuesday not to allow the vendor to return after seeing photos of the stall that showed an “uncertainty” of what was being sold last weekend. The parks department oversees the city-owned farmers market.
The vendor told the city it was going to sell CBD products. It did not say it was going to sell delta-8 products, Hayes said.
Benny Asta, the vendor, told the Post-Dispatch on Wednesday that his product was “totally legal.”
Both CBD and delta-8 are made from hemp, a botanical cousin to marijuana, and are legal in the United States. Retailers and customers say these products are used to help with sleep and ease pain, not to get high.
Industry boosters say the incident raises concerns over a lack of state and federal consumer protections in the hemp industry.
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