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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% The 2018 Farm Bill excluded hemp from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)’s definition of marijuana, lifting control on all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L.,

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The Key Differences Between CBD and THC You Need to Know

United Patients Group

CBD is derived from hemp or marijuana plants, both species of Cannabis Sativa. However, the DEA and FDA still consider CBD a drug regulated under the Schedule I classification. Yet, the US Government has a US patent on CBD as a neuroprotectant, showing that it has medical benefits which is confusing as the DEA definition states.

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Cannabis Administration And Opportunity Act: What The Proposed Federal Cannabis Laws Would Mean For Hemp

Cannabis Law Report

The CAOA does not allow states to prohibit interstate transfer of lawful cannabis or cannabis products through its borders for lawful delivery into another state. Both product types are currently under the jurisdiction of FDA but are not currently recognized as lawful products. The term “hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L.

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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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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. Specifically, the term hemp means “the plant Cannabis sativa L. In effectuating this regulatory change, the DEA has either deliberately ignored the language above, or has simply failed to recognize a linguistic nuance.

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Hemp vs. Marijuana: Why Can’t Cops Tell Them Apart?

Cannabis Law Report

There are three distinct species of Cannabis: Sativa, Indica, and Ruderalis. What we refer to as marijuana belongs in both the Sativa and Indica family. Hemp, on the other hand, is solely a member of the Sativa species. If both hemp and marijuana are considered the same plant under the law, why bother learning the difference?

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Battle over Illinois hemp regulations heat up, again

Illinois News Joint

The 2018 Farm Bill defines hemp to mean, “the plant Cannabis sativa L. percent have been interpreted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as federally legal hemp. And could be completely worthless as a law if the new republican administration closes the hemp loophole as republican-led committees have already proposed.