LAWMAKERS PUSH BACK AT DEA’S CBD RULE

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A new DEA rule which takes a hard line on “hot hemp,” has alarmed the CBD industry. Now a bipartisan group of nine House members has written to the agency expressing concern. The rule considers anything containing more than 0.3% THC to be federally illegal and subject to prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act. 
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• It’s controversial because manufacturing CBD products often creates “intermediate hemp” substances which concentrate THC at higher levels. This theoretically leaves operators vulnerable even if they dilute the product before it reaches consumers.
• The lawmakers ask that the rule be revised to be less ambiguous and more supportive of the industry.

Separately, in California, a hemp grower is suing the DEA alleging the agency destroyed $3.5M in legal product.
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