Newsom Assembles Inter-Agency Coalition to Remove Intox Hemp Products from California Retail

Dear Client:  Just when it seemed that the d-9 industry would skate by for at least another year in California, after the failure of Assembly Bill 2223 [see BBD 08-16-2024], the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) proposed emergency regulations for intoxicating hemp products this morning.  The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control also issued an industry advisory and notice to ABC licensees, saying that Governor Gavin Newson announced the CDPH “is pursuing emergency regulations that clearly prohibit the marketing,