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Intoxicating Hemp Swindle

Project CBD

Its not nice to fool Mother Nature Sloppy language in the 2018 US Farm Bill inadvertently opened this Pandoras box of unregulated psychoactive designer compounds by legalizing cannabinoids other than Delta-9 THC that were derived from hemp as defined by federal law that is, cannabis with under 0.3 percent THC. federal THC limit.

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FDA Suggests Congress Holds the Key to Legalizing CBD-Infused Foods

Canna Law Blog

While the congressional intend behind the 2018 Farm Bill was to legalize the production of Hemp-CBD, lawmakers failed to define the meaning of “production,” thus, leaving open for interpretation whether the sale of Hemp-CBD and its use in food product was legal. DEA would have to formally de-schedule CBD derived from hemp.”.

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DEA Declares Marijuana Seeds Below THC Limit are Legal Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

A January letter from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) revealed its official stance that marijuana seeds with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration lower than 0.3% This new guidance establishes that the legality of marijuana seeds, tissue culture, and other genetic material depends solely on delta-9 THC concentration.

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Why the USDA Testing Rules Will Hurt the Hemp Industry

Canna Law Blog

Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) released its interim final rule for the production of hemp under the 2018 Farm Bill. Not only does this testing method tend to increase the THC concentration in the hemp sample, and thus, pushes it over the 0.3 DEA REGISTRATION. On Tuesday, the U.S. percent limit.

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Hemp and CBD: Submit Your Comments on USDA Interim Hemp Rules By December 30

Canna Law Blog

Most of us in the hemp industry are well-aware of the major issues in the interim rules: 15-day pre-harvest testing requirements, total THC, DEA laboratories, and crop insurance to name a few. A major achievement of the 2018 Farm Bill was that it cleared the way for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to offer policies to hemp farmers.

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DEA Attempts To Regulate CBD Processing

Greenspoon Marder Cannabis Law Group Blog

Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) published an interim final rule surrounding hemp and hemp derivatives. Although the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp and hemp derivatives under.3% Although the 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp and hemp derivatives under.3% hemp” as that term defined under the [2018 Farm Bill] —is not controlled.

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DEA Admits Seeds “are generally uncontrolled and legal, regardless of how much THC might end up being produced in buds if those seeds were cultivated.”

Cannabis Law Report

Marijuana might be federally prohibited, but the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has effectively acknowledged that the plant’s seeds are generally uncontrolled and legal, regardless of how much THC might end up being produced in buds if those seeds were cultivated. percent THC. are uncontrolled as long as they don’t exceed 0.3

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