Delta-8 and Hemp THC Laws in Indiana

How Indiana law treats delta-8 and hemp thc products, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Indiana has no licensing or age-limit program for delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products. In Official Opinion 2023-1 (January 12, 2023), the Indiana Attorney General concluded that delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, THC-O, THC-P and other THC variants and designer cannabinoids are Schedule… Ind. Code § 35-48-2-4(d)(31); Indiana Attorney General Official Opinion 2023-1

Delta-8 and hemp THC products	Indiana has no licensing or age-limit program for delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products. In Official Opinion 2023-1 (January 12, 2023), the Indiana Attorney General concluded that delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, THC-O, THC-P and other THC variants and designer cannabinoids are Schedule I controlled substances under the 'tetrahydrocannabinols' entry in Ind. Code § 35-48-2-4(d)(31), and that the limited exceptions for products under 0.3% delta-9 THC do not apply to them. The opinion is advisory: the Attorney General defers to prosecutors and police on charging individual cases. A 2026 bill to license and regulate hemp-derived cannabinoid products (SB 250) was heard in committee but is not listed among the 2026 enacted laws. SB 250 committee summary: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/02/20/regulation-of-hemp-2/ ; 2026 enacted-law digest (no hemp act listed): https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/03/13/2026-legislative-session-digest/ . Statute not read directly (iga.in.gov refused automated reads). Source: Ind. Code § 35-48-2-4(d)(31); Indiana Attorney General Official Opinion 2023-1

Delta-8 and hemp THC products

Indiana has no licensing or age-limit program for delta-8 and other hemp-derived THC products. In Official Opinion 2023-1 (January 12, 2023), the Indiana Attorney General concluded that delta-8 THC, delta-10 THC, THC-O, THC-P and other THC variants and designer cannabinoids are Schedule I controlled substances under the 'tetrahydrocannabinols' entry in Ind. Code § 35-48-2-4(d)(31), and that the limited exceptions for products under 0.3% delta-9 THC do not apply to them. The opinion is advisory: the Attorney General defers to prosecutors and police on charging individual cases. A 2026 bill to license and regulate hemp-derived cannabinoid products (SB 250) was heard in committee but is not listed among the 2026 enacted laws.

SB 250 committee summary: https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/02/20/regulation-of-hemp-2/ ; 2026 enacted-law digest (no hemp act listed): https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2026/03/13/2026-legislative-session-digest/ . Statute not read directly (iga.in.gov refused automated reads).

Source: Ind. Code § 35-48-2-4(d)(31); Indiana Attorney General Official Opinion 2023-1

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