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WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

Indiana hemp drug ban clears first hurdle

WIBC 9AM-Noon Podcast

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4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about what's going on with the Indiana legislators.

0:33.3

They want to align the state law with the new federal ban on hemp.

0:38.4

So pretty much they're saying we don't want hemp here in Indiana.

0:42.8

Products like Delta 8 and other THC variants.

0:46.7

It kind of got through a loophole in a 2018 federal farm bill.

0:50.7

But now there's a new bill sponsored by Senator Aaron Freeman. He introduced Senate

0:55.6

Bill 250, saying the bill is a compromise, not his ideal solution, but they don't want hemp

1:01.7

here in Indiana. Yeah, so here's the context of this. Obviously, marijuana has been banned

1:06.3

by the federal government, most states for a long, long time. But what scientists and people have

1:10.8

done is, and when you write a law, you time. But what scientists and people have done is,

1:12.1

and when you write a law, you've got to be real specific. You've got to be real specific when you write a law. So the law has always been, you know, this specific version of THC, and I'm, you know, the farthest thing from a marijuana or THC expert, but as I understand it, there's this, you know, the typical THC that you get out of typical marijuana.

1:28.9

Well, people and scientists have been able to create... but as I understand it, there's this, you know, the typical THC that you get out of typical marijuana.

1:28.9

Well, people and scientists have been able to create derivatives that avoid the law.

1:34.6

It's like kind of finding a loophole.

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