Connecticut lawmakers move to impose restrictions on amount of THC in marijuana products

Lawmakers in Connecticut are pushing to limit the amount of THC allowed in marijuana products. The bipartisan legislation cleared the House on a nearly unanimous vote.

"All we’re trying to do is make sure that any products that are sold with a significant amount of THC in Connecticut are sold in our regulated marketplace through the dispensaries, where there’s labeling requirements, there’s per package requirements, there’s per container requirements," said Rep. Mike D'Agostino, D-Hamden, who held out a handful of large, colorful THC gummies that were being sold legally at an unregulated store due to a "loophole" in federal law concerning CBD stores.

The bill, which now awaits a vote in the Senate, imposes new THC limits for products sold in these stores, including for tinctures, oils, lotions and edibles. The legislation also pulls chemically created high-THC products off the shelves of non-regulated stores, an issue other states have been grappling with as well.