Taxation and medical cannabis legalization up in state law

News Channel 5 · Kyle Horan · last updated January 18, 2022 – 5:09 PM

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — At the same time some lawmakers consider medical cannabis legalization, there’s also a bill filed to tax cannabis products. State republican rep. Chris Hurt filed a bill to tax anything made from cannabis in Tennessee. That includes Delta-8 THC, which is made from CBD and has similar psychoactive affects to Delta-9 THC, the compound in cannabis that makes people high. Other lawmakers are also considering bills for medical marijuana legalization. He’s taking into account a recommendation from the Medical Cannabis Taskforce, but lawmakers don’t have to follow their advice.

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