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Video – US Hemp Roundtable: House Agriculture Leaders Urge Congress To Regulate CBD In Upcoming Farm Bill

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An Examination of the USDA Hemp Production Program. Testimonies During The House Agriculture Subcommittee On Biotechnology, Horticulture, And Research Addressed FDA Inaction on CBD and Intoxicating Hemp Derivatives. Department of Agriculture (USDA) acted timely in establishing rules for production, the inaction of the U.S.

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USA Dept of Justice Press Release: DEA Announces Steps Necessary to Improve Access to Marijuana Research

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DEA Announces Steps Necessary to Improve Access to Marijuana Research. The DEA is providing notice of pending applications from entities applying to be registered to manufacture marijuana for researchers. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which was signed into law on Dec. percent or less delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis.

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United States: Hemp And CBD Regulation: Beyond Delta-8 THC

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A notable exception has been the crackdown on Delta-8 THC, which is derived from hemp. … and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers … with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol [THC] concentration of not more than 0.3 Department of Agriculture. percent on a dry weight basis.”

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Virginia senators want changes to USDA’s industrial hemp production program

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Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to encourage the department to make several specific changes to draft plans regulating the U.S. Domestic Hemp Production Program, which was established by Congress as part of the 2018 Farm Bill. delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). If a grower is found to have hemp with a THC level above 0.5%

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State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Pushes Florida On Further Cannabis Reform • High Times

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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried has always been pro-cannabis, and that isn’t going to change as she gains momentum in politics. . Fried remembers the debate, featuring a then- High Times editor and a DEA agent, marking the first substantive cannabis conversation during her time at school. .

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Attendees At Colorado Winter Hemp Summit Say New US Dept of Agriculture Interim Final Rules Threaten The Industry

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Of particular concern to the hemp producers gathered at Boulder Jewish Community Center on Thursday, was the stipulation any plant with a THC level above 0.3% THC or less is nearly impossible. THC or less is nearly impossible. Department of Agriculture said it cannot yet properly regulate seeds. Even the U.S.

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Federal legalization of hemp creating a quandary for police

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Truckers, now free to haul hemp from state to state, have been stopped and sometimes arrested by police who can’t tell whether they have intercepted a legal agricultural crop or the biggest marijuana bust of their careers. Marijuana, illegal under federal law , has enough THC to get users high. Hemp has almost none — 0.3

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