查德·沃尔夫敦促众议院委员会调查中国在四氢大麻酚产业及非法大麻行动中日益增长的影响力
2026年7月8日 美国东部时间早上6:52 / 福克斯新闻
作者：格雷格·诺曼-戴蒙德 福克斯新闻
前代理国土安全部长查德·沃尔夫周二致信众议院议员，敦促他们调查“与中国有关的行为体和外国犯罪组织在美国大麻衍生四氢大麻酚（THC）产品扩散及非法大麻行动中日益增长的作用”，他称这些行为“将我们的青少年和成年人置于风险之中”。
这封致密歇根州共和党众议员约翰·穆勒纳尔和加利福尼亚州民主党众议员罗·卡纳——分别为众议院中国共产党特别委员会主席和排名最高的少数党成员——的信件指出，“除了严重的公共健康影响外，越来越多的证据表明，这一问题还构成了重大的国家安全担忧。”
“最初旨在合法化工业大麻和非精神活性大麻二酚（CBD）产品的针对性举措，已经演变成一个危险且不受监管的高浓度THC大麻产品市场，这些产品在全国范围内销售时几乎或完全没有监管，”沃尔夫写道。“这些产品常被标榜为软糖、糖果、饮料和电子烟，其包装和推广方式往往吸引儿童。它们缺乏合理的年龄限制、标签要求和安全标准。”
沃尔夫援引了白宫2026年国家毒品控制战略的警告，该报告称“美国的大麻交易不再是分散的低级问题；它已被复杂的跨国犯罪组织接管并产业化，尤其是那些与中国有联系的组织。”
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2026年3月17日，在中国香港一栋商业建筑外悬挂着中国和美国国旗。右侧可见一名科学家正在检查从大麻植物中提取的CBD油。（程欣/盖蒂图片社；iStock）
“这些组织系统性地利用那些在州法律下将大麻合法化的州，利用这些市场和宽松的监管建立大规模的无许可种植业务。俄克拉荷马州就是一个鲜明的例子，执法部门估计中国犯罪集团运营着该州数千个大麻和大麻农场中的80%以上，”国家毒品控制战略文件称。
“这些行动不仅涉及农业，还是多犯罪活动的枢纽，包括剥削劳工的人口贩运、精密洗钱，以及使用危险的未注册杀虫剂，威胁公共健康和环境，”文件补充道。
美国司法部起诉七名中国公民，涉及数百万美元大麻贩运团伙
2025年5月29日，休斯顿蒙罗斯大道的巴哈马妈妈店内展示着THC产品。（拉克尔·纳塔利乔/《休斯顿纪事报》）
沃尔夫提到，中国“被指与芬太尼、合成麻醉剂和非法供应链材料的出口有关，这些物品摧毁了美国社区”，并且“令人陶醉的THC大麻市场现在有可能成为另一个渠道，让与中国有关的行为体利用监管漏洞和薄弱的执法机制，以牺牲美国人民的健康和安全为代价牟取暴利。”
“国会去年以两党支持和特朗普总统的签署通过了相关法案，以关闭涉及令人陶醉的THC大麻产品的漏洞，并恢复联邦大麻立法的初衷，”他在信中说道。“然而，目前有人试图在这些保护措施完全生效前削弱、推迟或撤销它们。这不仅会破坏公共健康和执法目标，还可能进一步纵容寻求利用美国市场、伤害美国家庭的外国犯罪行为体。”
密歇根州沃伦警察局去年万圣节前夕警告家长，警惕包装成传统零食的THC糖果。（沃伦警察局）
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他在信的结尾要求该委员会“调查中国在令人陶醉的THC大麻供应链中的参与情况，包括融资、化学品制造、非法种植业务、洗钱活动以及与在美国境内运作的各类犯罪组织的联系。”
格雷格·诺曼是福克斯新闻数字频道的记者。
Former acting DHS secretary warns Chinese criminal organizations are infiltrating America’s hemp industry
Chad Wolf urges House committee to investigate China’s growing role in THC industry, illegal marijuana operations
July 8, 2026 6:52am EDT / Fox News
By Greg Norman-Diamond Fox News
Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf sent a letter to House lawmakers Tuesday urging them to investigate the”growing role that Chinese-linked actors and foreign criminal organizations are playing in the proliferation of hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) products and illegal marijuana operations” in the U.S., which he says are “putting our youth and adults at risk.”
The message addressed to Rep. John Moolenaar, R-Mich., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. — the chairman and ranking member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, respectively — states that “Beyond the serious public health implications, there is mounting evidence that this issue also presents a significant national security concern.”
“What began as a narrowly tailored effort to legalize industrial hemp and non-intoxicating cannabidiol (CBD) products has evolved into a dangerous and unregulated market for high-potency THC hemp products that are being sold across the country with little to no oversight,” Wolf wrote. “These products are frequently marketed as gummies, candies, beverages and vapes, often packaged and promoted in ways that appeal to children. They lack acceptable age restrictions, labeling requirements and safety standards.”
Wolf cited a warning from the White House’s 2026 National Drug Control Strategy, which described how “the marijuana trade in the United States is no longer a scattered, low-level problem; it has been co-opted and industrialized by sophisticated, transnational criminal organizations, particularly those with ties to China.”
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The national flags of China and the United States are seen flying outside a commercial building on March 17, 2026, in Hong Kong, China. On the right, a scientist is seen inspecting CBD oil extracted from a cannabis plant.(Cheng Xin/Getty Images; iStock)
“These groups systematically exploit states where marijuana has been legalized under state law, leveraging these markets and lax regulations to establish massive, unlicensed cultivation operations. A stark illustration of this is Oklahoma, where law enforcement estimates that Chinese criminal groups run more than 80% of the state’s thousands of marijuana and hemp farms,” the National Drug Control Strategy document says.
“These operations are not just agricultural; they are hubs of poly-crime involving human trafficking of exploited laborers, sophisticated money laundering, and the use of dangerous, unregistered pesticides that threaten public health and the environment,” it adds.
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THC products are displayed at Bahama Mama on Montrose Boulevard in Houston on May 29, 2025.(Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle)
Wolf referenced how China “has been linked to the export of fentanyl, synthetic narcotics and illicit supply chain materials that have devastated American communities” and that “the intoxicating THC hemp market now risks becoming another avenue through which Chinese-linked actors exploit regulatory loopholes and weak enforcement mechanisms to profit at the expense of the health and safety of the American people.”
“Congress acted last year, with bipartisan support and President Trump’s signature, to close loopholes involving intoxicating THC hemp products and restore the original intent of federal hemp legislation,” he said in the letter. “However, efforts are now underway to weaken, delay or roll back those protections before they fully take effect. This would not only undermine public health and law enforcement objectives, but could further embolden foreign criminal actors seeking to exploit the American marketplace and harm American families.”
The Warren Police Department in Michigan warned parents last year ahead of Halloween about THC-laced candies packaged like traditional treats.(Warren Police Department)
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He concluded the letter by asking the committee to “investigate China’s involvement in the intoxicating THC hemp supply chain, including financing, chemical manufacturing, illegal cultivation operations, money laundering activity and ties to the array of criminal organizations operating within the United States.”
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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