Oregon is set to become the first state to ban synthetic cannabinoids sold at grocery stores and other retailers beginning next month.
Cannabinoids are compounds found in cannabis. A chemical process can be used to isolate them or create them synthetically — in enough abundance to use in consumer products.
Synthetic cannabinoids that don’t contain THC, the ingredient in marijuana that produces a high, have been mostly unregulated. That means products like CBN could be sold on the open market, including at supermarkets and other retailers.
But the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission ban will prohibit the sale of synthetically derived cannabinoids on the open market — in supermarkets and other stores without a special license — effective July 1.
