Ald. Marty Quinn (13) speaks during a license committee meeting on Jan. 7, 2025. [Livestream]

The City Council Committee on License and Consumer Protection approved on Tuesday an ordinance (SO2024-0014443) from Alds. Marty Quinn (13) and Silvana Tabares (23) to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp-derived products, such as those containing Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other cannabinoids that give the user a high, in the 13th and 23rd wards.

The measure also would prohibit the establishment of new smoke shops in those wards and ban the renewal of existing retail tobacco licenses there.