Hemp extractors worried about a federal crackdown over THC levels have dim prospects for getting help from the judicial system.
Instead, they’re looking to the words of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in hopes the agency won’t put much effort into enforcing its 2020 rule about hemp extracts that go “hot,” or beyond 0.3% THC.
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The hemp industry is largely keeping quiet in the wake of a June ruling by a federal appeals court in Washington DC.
The court sided with the DEA and ruled that hemp materials become illegal marijuana the moment they exceed the federal THC limit.
That interpretation alarmed CBD processors because common CBD extraction methods produce material with elevated THC amounts that are later remediated to meet the legal limit.
The court rejected arguments from the Hemp Industries Association and South Carolina CBD maker RE Botanicals, which argued that the DEA was violating the
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