are hemp products illegal
Background on the Hemp Food Controversy-Read this first. Hemp and Hemp Seed & Oil Nutrition-A summary of the benefits of hemp. DEA Rules and Historical Overview: Documents-Read all the legal filings and documents related to the hemp food controversy. Send a Pre-Written Email, Fax or Letter-Let Congress know how you feel about hemp. The plants are cousins — both are cannabis. Not that hemp should ever have been illegal, but it’s hard to imagine that if flax or jute were for some reason illegal, such a large, politically-tinged campaign would be organized around legalizing either of them. Several states have legalized the cultivation and research of industrial hemp, including Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia. It’s not even quite legal there, even by state law (regulations governing hemp production are set to go into effect next year), but farmer Ryan Loflin went ahead and cultivated 55 acres of the stuff, some of which will be processed into oil and sold to Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, a major U.S. buyer of hemp. Background on the Hemp Food Controversy. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) originally published a rule regarding industrial hemp products in the Federal Register on October 9, 2001, which was effective immediately, and announced it in a press release. Also on October 9, the DEA issued an Interim Rule exempting hemp body care and fiber products from DEA control and a Proposed Rule which would add language to the Controlled Substances Act making hemp food products illegal to sell or posess if they contained any THC. And as more uses for hemp have been found, demand has grown, but not at levels that would indicate a coming hemp revolution. The crop’s illegality in the United States hasn’t helped either, of course, though imports of hemp-based products — many of them from China — have been legal since 1998. Industrial hemp products, production, and markets. 1  fabrics and textiles. 2  yarns and raw or processed spun fibers. 3  paper. 4  carpeting. 5  home furnishings. 6  construction and insulation materials. 7  auto parts. 8  composites. 9  animal bedding. Industrial Hemp Facts. Industrial hemp is a variety of Cannabis sativa and is of the same plant species as marijuana. However, hemp is genetically different and distinguished by its use and chemical makeup. Industrial hemp refers to cannabis varieties that are primarily grown as an agricultural crop. Hemp plants are low in THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, marijuana's primary psychoactive chemical). Like marijuana, hemp contains the psychoactive ingredient THC, but in such small amounts it’s almost not measurable in hemp. Early this month, a farmer in Colorado harvested the first legally produced industrial hemp crop in 56 years.
Yes