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Like Kentucky’s Senior Senator, Paul Hoists Legislative Flag For US Hemp Industry Growth

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Sen. Paul’s HEMP Act would raise from 0.3% to 1% the level of THC by dry weight in hemp under the 2018 farm bill. The bill also would require testing for THC levels in final products containing cannabinoids and other hemp-derived ingredients rather than within 15 days of harvest.

Two years after Kentucky’s senior US senator was responsible for de-scheduling hemp as a controlled substance, the state’s junior senator proposes changes to expand the amount of material from hemp plants legal for use in dietary supplements and other consumer health products.

Sen. Rand Paul’s ‘‘Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan” (HEMP) Act would raise from 0.3% to 1% the level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) by dry weight that Congress defined as legal hemp in the 2018 farm bill

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Digital Services Deliver Hemp, States Deliver Regulation With Congress Yet To Act

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Four months into session, no bills have been introduced in Congress to authorize FDA to establish a regulatory pathway for the lawful use of hemp ingredients in products other than drugs or propose some other solution to the federal conundrum present since lawmakers in 2018 de-scheduled hemp.

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• By Malcolm Spicer

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• By Malcolm Spicer

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• By David Ridley

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Digital Services Deliver Hemp, States Deliver Regulation With Congress Yet To Act

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Four months into session, no bills have been introduced in Congress to authorize FDA to establish a regulatory pathway for the lawful use of hemp ingredients in products other than drugs or propose some other solution to the federal conundrum present since lawmakers in 2018 de-scheduled hemp.

Little Industry Opposition To FDA Plan To Remove Synthetic Dyes, Or Agreement They’re Unsafe

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

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• By David Ridley

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