Fourth-generation farmer Asa Phillips of Owen County has what amounts to about 100 truckloads of hemp that he can’t sell right now because of a change in law recently passed by Congress, he said.
Sen. Mitch McConnell led the passage of a provision he said was meant to root out “bad actors” by closing a loophole that had permitted the sale of unregulated, intoxicating hemp-derived products.
But many advocates say the measure’s restriction on the amount of the psychoactive compound THC permitted in hemp-derived products – 0.4 milligrams per package – amounts to an outright ban.
A new bipartisan bill would instead establish a federal regulatory framework for hemp-derived products like CBD and THC gummies and drinks.
According to the office of bill cosponsor Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Va., “If the FDA fails to release a final rule within three years of the measure’s enactment, federal law will automatically establish CBD intoxicating limits of five milligrams per serving and 30 milligrams per package.”
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