Gov. Bill Lee signs Delta-8 regulations with blessing from hemp industry

Published by WJHL, Reporter Chris O’Brien – May 18, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Recreational and medical cannabis are illegal in Tennessee, but people are still getting legally high. 

In the last few years, the THC market has expanded, with products containing Delta-8 and Delta-10 growing in popularity.

They’re sometimes called “diet weed” or “weed lite.”

“Delta-8 [is] about 70% as potent as Delta-9,” LabCanna CEO Derek Besenius said last year. “Then Delta-10 leans more toward the energy, creative, focus side of things.”