Hilgers files lawsuit against Midwest Smoke Shop over THC [Video]

After legislation backed by Nebraska’s attorney general seeking to ban THC products stalled in the Legislature this year, Mike Hilgers’ office targeted nine more THC storefronts in another consumer protection lawsuit filed Monday.

In the 39-page complaint filed in Lancaster County District Court, Hilgers’ office accused those operating Midwest Smoke Shop stores across the state of engaging in deceptive and harmful trade practices and seeking to “ensnare Nebraska’s most vulnerable consumers: teenagers and children.”

The state’s attorneys broadly alleged that Midwest Smoke — the front-facing brand name of at least nine individually owned THC shops in Lincoln, Omaha and Gretna — sold THC vapes and edibles to Nebraska children and “has caused serious harm and hospitalization.”

Hilgers’ office pointed to product packaging that mimics candy products and accused Midwest Smoke stores of failing to display any age requirements for THC purchases — but offered no evidence directly linking Midwest Smoke to THC sales to children, nor to any THC-related hospitalizations.

A spokeswoman …