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With hemp protections under threat in Minnesota, Nothing But Hemp plans HQ move

  Amidst this uncertainty, the owners of Nothing But Hemp have decided to move the company’s headquarters to Florida and same-day delivery. Currently, Nothing But Hemp has 3 operating stores in the Orlando area. Court Ruling Suggests Hemp Laws Won’t Protect Extracts A September ruling appeared to set a precedent that  THC in liquids would not be protected  by hemp laws, no matter the amount of THC or its source. Most hemp extracts, including CBD oil, contain trace amounts of THC from hemp. In that ruling, the judge wrote that the definition for THC hadn’t been changed in the state’s definitions governing controlled substances. Only the definition for marijuana had been changed, protecting hemp strictly in the form of leafy plant material, the court said. Regulatory Uncertainty and Inconsistent Enforcement Sinc e  then, hemp companies have come under threat. According to Nothing But Hemp Founder/CEO Steven Brown, cease and desist letters were recently issued to two he...

DEA responds to challenge from hemp industry over 2020 rule change

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  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is asking the D.C. court of appeals to dismiss a challenge from the hemp industry over a 2020 rule change, reports Law 360 . But in the legal brief, the agency also seemed to convey that it has little interest in coming after companies that temporarily exceed legal THC limits in the process of making hemp extracts. The DEA filed two briefs Nov. 29 in related appellate cases, asserting that the 2018 Farm Bill legalizing hemp didn’t change the agency’s status as the regulatory authority for substances over the 0.3% federal legal THC limit. The DEA had established in an interim final rule issued August 2020 that hemp derivatives over the delta-9 THC threshold would still be considered Schedule I controlled substances according to the Law 360 report. That might sound obvious to the casual observer, but some in the hemp industry took the gesture as fighting words. That’s because in the process of turning hemp into products like CBD oil, the ma...