Delta-8 in Chicago: Unregulated, weed-like drug dubbed 'CBD on crack' spikes in popularity. Now the legal pot industry is calling for a crackdown.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times There’s a new high in town. A growing number of Chicago businesses are now exploiting a loophole in federal law that appears to allow the unfettered sale of a trendy hemp byproduct called Delta-8-THC, which has commonly been described as “marijuana-lite” or “diet weed.” Retailers across the city have started selling a variety of Delta-8 products in settings that resemble licensed cannabis dispensaries but aren’t subject to the same stiff regulations. Many sell everything from edibles to vaping cartridges, as well as smokable hemp flower sprayed with Delta-8 ex...
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