Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is convening a meeting of law enforcement, regulators and state agencies on January 11 to discuss the policy gaps that led to the sale of cannabis flower with high levels of THC marketed as hemp flower. The flower is USDA compliant by some interpretations, with delta-9 THC levels below .3%. 

By other interpretations, it is virtually identical to high-potency cannabis sold in dispensaries.  Total THC content of premium hemp flower currently on the market ranges from 20-25 percent.  The problems facing Minnesota regulators are a result of inadvertent gaps in oversight created by recently enacted legislation. 

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