Should cities and towns have the right to enact age restrictions on the sale of products deemed harmful to your health?

Or should the state alone possess the sole authority over these matters?

Recently, industry and advocacy groups have urged Massachusetts lawmakers to address legal loopholes concerning age restrictions on intoxicating products.

One primary impetus stems from unregulated hemp-derived consumables that are federally legal but can contain psychoactive cannabinoids, allowing them to be sold to underage individuals.

State lawmakers have actively pushed legislation to regulate intoxicating hemp products and close loopholes that allow for unregulated sales, with advocates seeking swift legislative action.

This legal challenge arose because the Agriculture Improvement Act of

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