DEA Hit with Lawsuit on Controversial Hemp Rule

A hemp trade group and a CBD company have filed a federal lawsuit aimed at a controversial new U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rule they argue could kill the U.S. hemp industry.

The suit was filed Sept. 18 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on behalf of the Hemp Industries Association and South Carolina-based RE Botanicals. It asks the court to review the DEA’s interim final rule on hemp, which is still open . . .