Criminal offense — inhalation.

1. A person shall not possess, use, manufacture, market, transport, deliver, or distribute harvested hemp or a hemp product if the intended use of the harvested hemp or hemp product is introduction into the body of a human by any method of inhalation, including any of the following: a. Smoke produced from combustion. b. A type of article that uses a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical process. c. A device, including but not limited to a cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe, regardless of whether such device produces smoke or vapor. 2. A person shall not use, market, or distribute a raw or dried flower form of hemp for the purposes of inhalation as described in subsection 1 , paragraph “b” or “c” . Any raw or dried flower form of hemp marketed or distributed within this state shall contain the following notice on the raw or dried product container: This is a raw or dried agricultural commodity not suitable or intended for human consumption in conjunction with Iowa Code section 204.14A, subsection 1 , paragraph “b” or “c” . 3. A person required to be registered to manufacture or sell a consumable hemp product under section 204.7 shall not manufacture, produce, distribute, market, or sell a synthetic consumable hemp product, as defined by rules adopted by the department of health and human services. 4. A person who violates this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. 5. This section does not apply to the extent that federal law, including the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act , authorizes as its intended use the introduction of harvested hemp or a hemp product into the body of a human by a method of inhalation. 2020 Acts, ch 1065, §17, 19 ; 2020 Acts, ch 1121, §107 – 109 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1154, §15 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1176, §8, 9 ; 2025 Acts, ch 30, §105 Referred to in §204.2 Code editor directive applied