DOD regulations are based on several considerations, some of which are U.S. laws. In this case, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency categorized hemp seeds, if they contain THC... as an illegal product. (www.dea.gov/pubs/pressrel/pr100901.html)
frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly. 2. shocking or revolting; outrageous: monstrous cruelty. 3. extraordinarily great; huge; immense: a monstrous building.
It is monstrous that for no offence but the wish to produce something beautiful, and the mistake of his powers in that direction, a writer should become the prey of some ferocious wit, and that his tormentor should achieve credit by his lightness and ease in rending his prey; it is shocking to think how alluring and depraving the fact is to the young reader emulous of such credit, and eager to achieve it.