As various state legislatures aggressively pursue bans for hemp-derived cannabinoids, a class-action federal racketeering suit was filed in the northern district of Georgia against a dozen California cannabis entities. Plaintiff-lead Hannah Ledbetter claims she was misled by defendants that the products she was purchasing were legal hemp-derived products when they were actually marijuana products.
“Defendants have conspired to import, manufacture, distribute, and possess illegal (delta-8) THC vape pens that are marijuana” and not hemp under federal law, the suit charges. “This scheme could only be accomplished through a pattern of racketeering activity.”
STIIIZY IP LLC, Cookies Creative Consulting & Promotions, and their partners “have facilitated the manufacturing, distribution, and/or sale of illegal marijuana to thousands of people over the course of the last four years,” the suit alleges.
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