“There may be some fiddling around the edges with THC limits and maybe with beverages.”
By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor
Congress is unlikely to do anything to undo the hemp ban it passed last year, and that will have devastating consequences for the hemp cannabinoid industry, leaders of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) said in a Wednesday Zoom call.
Hemp—defined as cannabis containing less than 0.3 percent THC by dry weight—was legalized by Congress in 2018, but under legislation last fall, new, more restrictive definitions effectively criminalizing many hemp-derived cannabinoid products will go into effect in November unless Congress acts to delay or amend them.
The new language counts not just delta-9 THC (what people generally mean when they refer to THC), but also delta-8 THC and THCA when measuring for that 0.3 percent threshold. It also limits consumer products to 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container and bans synthetic and converted cannabinoids.
“Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) thought the hemp industry was out of control, and he could point to bad actors, sales to children, flashy packaging, things like that, to close the hemp loophole,” said MPP State Policies Director Karen O’Keefe. “He used the reopening of
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