Well said Cole. Indiana needs to stop moralizing over something that has been proven to be useful medically for PTSD, pain, anxiety and sleep issues (including by myself for severe arthritis in both my knees). I agree that it needs to be regulated and unavailable to people under 21 and that safety packaging is used for accidental ingestion by kids. Here in IN, I use Delta 8/9 products for pain and sleep (and the real stuff when I am in a legal state). I purchase these products from two reputable dispensaries here & in Bloomington, where I am given information and advice from people I trust. I have to say however, that the preponderance of Smoke/Vape shops and the myriad of gas stations selling tons and tons of sketchy products with VERY little oversight is both terrifying and dangerous. A good start (IF McConnell's undoing of the 2018 Hemp Farm bill is unsuccessful) would be to turn an eye toward regulating Delta 8/9 products currently for sale to be sold only at reputable, licensed facilities. This will weed out (pun intended) a lot of bad actors who are pushing dangerous & unregulated products and hopefully keep these products out of the hands of the public. But, if they ban even the Delta 8 products, more and more folks will be making trips to MI, IL, OH (and probably soon KY) to purchase their cannabis leaving a lot of IN folks without something that has been medically beneficial to them. Prohibiting legalization also leaves lots of $$$ on the table that our state definitely could benefit from. I am hoping the upcoming 2026 Session will contain some fulsome conversations and movement toward at least legalizing medical cannabis in the very near future.
Well said Cole. Indiana needs to stop moralizing over something that has been proven to be useful medically for PTSD, pain, anxiety and sleep issues (including by myself for severe arthritis in both my knees). I agree that it needs to be regulated and unavailable to people under 21 and that safety packaging is used for accidental ingestion by kids. Here in IN, I use Delta 8/9 products for pain and sleep (and the real stuff when I am in a legal state). I purchase these products from two reputable dispensaries here & in Bloomington, where I am given information and advice from people I trust. I have to say however, that the preponderance of Smoke/Vape shops and the myriad of gas stations selling tons and tons of sketchy products with VERY little oversight is both terrifying and dangerous. A good start (IF McConnell's undoing of the 2018 Hemp Farm bill is unsuccessful) would be to turn an eye toward regulating Delta 8/9 products currently for sale to be sold only at reputable, licensed facilities. This will weed out (pun intended) a lot of bad actors who are pushing dangerous & unregulated products and hopefully keep these products out of the hands of the public. But, if they ban even the Delta 8 products, more and more folks will be making trips to MI, IL, OH (and probably soon KY) to purchase their cannabis leaving a lot of IN folks without something that has been medically beneficial to them. Prohibiting legalization also leaves lots of $$$ on the table that our state definitely could benefit from. I am hoping the upcoming 2026 Session will contain some fulsome conversations and movement toward at least legalizing medical cannabis in the very near future.