New Jersey Senate Law and Public Safety Committee advanced a bipartisan measure aiming to regulate the controversial delta-8 products that are widely sold across the state. The bill, S3944, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader M. Teresa Ruiz (D) and Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R) was first introduced in January.
Lawmakers advanced a measure Monday that would ban delta-8 THC, a chemical compound that is found in marijuana but isn’t regulated under state cannabis laws.
Cannabis experts and parents are concerned that delta-8 products sold at gas stations and corner stores attract children because they are packaged to look like candy.
The City of Hoboken has officially asked the State of New Jersey to ban the hemp-based cannabinoid known as Delta-8 THC. This is not to be confused with legal marijuana, or Delta-9 THC.
Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as Delta-8 THC, is a psychoactive substance found in the cannabis sativa plant, of which marijuana and hemp are two varieties. Delta-8 THC is one of over 100 cannabinoids produced naturally by the cannabis plant but is not found in significant amounts in the cannabis plant.