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Posted On: 12/18/2017 1:09:23 PM
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No, this was not a final decision as far as I know. The DEA surely wanted to push it along as far as possible for whatever delays in mass marketing they could possibly achieve, so it's scheduled to be heard in federal appeals court on February 15th, which may be one of the reasons that Rocky Mountain High has pushed new production out to that point. https://mjbizdaily.com/cbd-drug-dea-hemp-batt...ourt-date/
Many are very optimistic that the courts will see the distinct difference between CBD derived from marijuana with high THC content and fully legal hemp that is virtually THC free. The virtual absence of THC, at least well below federal standards, is the ONLY reason that the hemp is federally legal. The DEA is claiming that CBD can't be extracted from legal hemp, and opponents are saying that it's being done right now. They claim with the co2 extraction methods they are using it is possible to produce high quality CBD from high CBD containing strains of perfectly legal hemp. If they fail to put an end to the DEA's nonsense at that level, they then move to the supreme court which will have the final say. There's a hell of a lot of money to be made from legal hemp, and I find it hard to believe that it won't find a favorable ruling at the federal level. The DEA can't create a new controlled substance. It's up to congress to do that, so we'll just have to wait and see, but it's likely it'll go in favor of legal CBD marketing as long as the source plant is 100% legal.
Many are very optimistic that the courts will see the distinct difference between CBD derived from marijuana with high THC content and fully legal hemp that is virtually THC free. The virtual absence of THC, at least well below federal standards, is the ONLY reason that the hemp is federally legal. The DEA is claiming that CBD can't be extracted from legal hemp, and opponents are saying that it's being done right now. They claim with the co2 extraction methods they are using it is possible to produce high quality CBD from high CBD containing strains of perfectly legal hemp. If they fail to put an end to the DEA's nonsense at that level, they then move to the supreme court which will have the final say. There's a hell of a lot of money to be made from legal hemp, and I find it hard to believe that it won't find a favorable ruling at the federal level. The DEA can't create a new controlled substance. It's up to congress to do that, so we'll just have to wait and see, but it's likely it'll go in favor of legal CBD marketing as long as the source plant is 100% legal.
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