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setting rules related to the sale — not the possession or use -­ of edible hemp products <br />that contain the high=inducing: chemical'tetrahydrocannabinol (THQ. Th0aw regulates <br />who can sell the products, the mandated packaging, the maximum: amount of THC per <br />dose and the minimum age. for purchase — 2 1 years old. <br />"One of the things the Legislature did not address is the use or possession of these <br />products by a person of any.age, includingunderage individuals," Whitmore wrote in a <br />memo to the council. "As a result, even though someone under 21, cannot.jegally <br />purchase these. consumable cannabinoid products, there I's nothing in the law that <br />,prohibits them from possessing them, taking them in any amount or sharing them with <br />others." <br />When the-ordihaAtO becorAes effective in. a little over 30 days, l0 cal. police aierft <br />planning -to make:arrests, according to city staff.. Instead, the ordinance will give Bops <br />the authority to confiscate pot gummies if they come across kids in. possession. And the <br />plan Isto-let the.kids p, assuming they aren't braking other laws,. and return tl o hemp <br />produets:to'the lcids' parents: <br />The:newMinnesota law limits the THC to -no more than five milligrams per dose, <br />prompting. frequent comparisons to low-4cohol3.2 beer. But it's-far:fro.M-a perfect <br />analogy. If underage drinkers get their hands on 3.2 beer with the goal of -getting drunk, <br />the low -alcohol Content forces them to have a high tolerance for bloating if thie are <br />going to drink enough beer to become extremely intoxicated. <br />With the.':newly legalized hemp edibles, there's little beyond cost concerns to .keep a <br />minor.firom-ingesting multiple low -dose gummies to get stoned. <br />