Batavia is joining other suburban communities in restricting access to hemp-derived THC products and Kratom, in a move officials say is meant to restrict access to the products in a similar way to restrictions on recreational marijuana.

Without strong state and federal regulations, stores selling hemp products that can get users high do not face restrictions on the age of their customers, nor are they required to test and report on their products’ potency or impurities they contain, according to past reporting on the topic.

As a result, numerous Chicago suburbs have taken to issuing bans or regulations on the products.

Now, Batavia is implementing restrictions of its own, focused on limiting access to customers 21 years old and older and instituting storage and packaging limitations

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