“This new law creates clear standards for business participation in the marketplace.. My office stands ready to defend this law that will keep Virginians safe.”
By Markus Schmidt, Virginia Mercury
Seven Virginia hemp businesses are asking a federal judge to block new restrictions on consumable hemp products, arguing the changes will wipe out much of their inventory, trigger layoffs and force some companies to close when they take effect on August 15.
The lawsuit, filed July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, challenges a new provision in the state budget that will eliminate an exception for products containing more than 2 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per package when they also contain at least 25 times as much cannabidiol (CBD).
Without that exception, consumable hemp products sold in Virginia generally may contain no more than 2 mg of total THC per package and must remain within the state’s 0.3 percent total THC concentration limit.
Barbara Biddle, is founder and CEO of District Hemp Botanicals in Manassas and one of the plaintiffs in the case.
“It will bankrupt my business,” Biddle said in an email. “I took out loans and signed multi-year leases under this regulatory
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