LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/KY3) – An appeals court reinstated Arkansas’ ban on psychoactive hemp products.
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin released a statement after the court reversed a lower court’s decision to block the act, prohibiting the sale of the contested hemp products.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court’s decision to enjoin Act 629 of 2023, which will allow the state’s ban of certain hemp products like Delta-8 and Delta-9 to go back into effect.
According to the release, Bio Gen LLC brought the lawsuit against the state “in an attempt to preserve an unchecked market in which dangerous drugs could be purchased by anyone, including children.”
These hemp products can have adverse health effects on users, particularly children.
Bio Gen claimed Act 629 violated provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill, but the Eighth Circuit found no support for the argument in the bill.
“Today’s ruling isn’t just a win for Arkansas, it’s a win for common sense and the rule of law,” Griffin claimed. “If you are selling these products, you are now doing it in violation of the law.”
Read the appeals court ruling here.
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