Hemp Wellness Products Are in Danger in California

Bill AB-2223 threatens Californians’ access to CBD products, but you can help amend it

From Bill Stoufer, CBDistillery President

I want to extend my sincere appreciation for your purchases from the CBDistillery brand of hemp-derived wellness products over the years. We are successful in what we do because of your support, belief in, and engagement with our business and the industry.

I am also writing because we desperately need your continued support and action towards legislation that is currently threatening our ability to continue to serve you.

How Can I Help?

Your voice matters! Follow these simple steps to reach out to your elected California officials and let them know you would like to see bill AB-2223 defeated.

Click this link to find your state assembly and state representative. Fill in your address, city and zip code then click the Locate button.
From the results, click the name of your assembly or senate representative.
You will then be taken to a page for the legislator of your choice. Click on the Contact link.
On the form, fill in your name, street and email addresses. When you’re prompted to select an issue, select “comment on legislation.”
Click the button below to copy the message we’ve pre-written for you, then paste it into the comment field.

I would like to voice my extreme concern for the passage of AB-2223. Natural hemp products, which contain CBD and Delta-9-THC, are critical for my daily health and wellness routine. The proposed THC limits of the bill will remove the people of California’s access to full-spectrum hemp products. By doing so, the State of California is taking a step backwards on the immense progress it’s made with the cannabis plant.

Full spectrum hemp products and all of their constituents are an expression of the true essence of the plant, leading to what many refer to as the “entourage effect.” When removing THC from hemp extracts, many other cannabinoids are unavoidably removed. In turn, the efficacy or benefits of these products are severely reduced and ultimately detrimental to my daily wellness routine.

AB-2223 will destroy my access to this amazing medicine and all the naturally beneficial compounds it has to offer. Please take this note into consideration and vote against AB-2223, or amend it such that reasonable, science-based THC limits are instituted. After all, the purpose of the bill should be to eliminate the bad actors while also preserving our citizens’ access to proven, effective, natural remedies like full-spectrum hemp products.

I would like to voice my extreme concern for the passage of AB-2223. Natural hemp products, which contain CBD and Delta-9-THC, are critical for my daily health and wellness routine. The proposed THC limits of the bill will remove the people of California’s access to full-spectrum hemp products. By doing so, the State of California is taking a step backwards on the immense progress it’s made with the cannabis plant.

Full spectrum hemp products and all of their constituents are an expression of the true essence of the plant, leading to what many refer to as the “entourage effect.” When removing THC from hemp extracts, many other cannabinoids are unavoidably removed. In turn, the efficacy or benefits of these products are severely reduced and ultimately detrimental to my daily wellness routine.

AB-2223 will destroy my access to this amazing medicine and all the naturally beneficial compounds it has to offer. Please take this note into consideration and vote against AB-2223, or amend it such that reasonable, science-based THC limits are instituted. After all, the purpose of the bill should be to eliminate the bad actors while also preserving our citizens’ access to proven, effective, natural remedies like full-spectrum hemp products.

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What is AB-2223?

The State of California is actively working on a bill, known as AB-2223, which seeks to limit the amount of THC in hemp-based products to 0.25mg per serving and 1.0mg per container.

Why are They Doing This?

In my opinion, the state of California is trying to remove synthetic intoxicating cannabinoids, a tactic I agree with. Unfortunately, naturally occurring, hemp-derived Delta-9 THC from full-spectrum CBD extracts is being lumped in with synthetic intoxicating cannabinoids.

What Does This Mean for Me?

We know that our customers enjoy our products for a variety of reasons, all of which are geared towards fulfilling a healthy and balanced lifestyle. Right now, we need your support more than ever.

If this bill passes in its current state, it will eliminate our ability to ship only products containing THC – meaning all full-spectrum products as well as our ommm+, shhh+ and ahhh+ gummies – to our customers in California.

Why Are States Restricting Federally Legal CBD?

Many customers ask us why hemp-based products containing up to 0.3% THC are federally legal yet so many states, potentially including California, have imposed severe and often illogical restrictions on products. This happens because of a few issues:

The federal government has failed to create any sort of regulatory structure for the industry other than the 0.3% THC cap.
The worst of the bad actors have deliberately designed intoxicating hemp products that visually mimic candies or popular snacks, and market them to minors.
Companies aren’t using child-resistant packaging for intoxicating hemp products.
The lack of any enforcement across the country has led to a landscape that can only be described as the Wild West. The bad actors across the CBD industry have not felt any consequences for their business practices and have been emboldened to take more and more risks. This environment severely hurts responsible companies like CBDistillery as we proudly have costs associated with product safety, testing and compliance.

I am happy to say that the CBDistillery brand has always taken a responsible approach to hemp-derived Delta-9 THC, keeping the amounts modest and only using naturally derived cannabinoids. Our focus has been and always will be on providing you with the most rigorously tested, cGMP-compliant, safe, and efficacious products. We will never cut corners for a buck because earning your business and trust is too important to us.

I want to personally assure you that we will continue to ship our products to you until the point that we no longer can.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to our customer service team at customersupport@thecbdistillery.com.