U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, has launched a invoice in Congress that will increase the THC degree on hemp merchandise and evenly regulate them nationally.
The Hemp Financial Mobilization Plan (HEMP) Act, amongst different necessities, would outline “hemp” as containing as much as 1% THC.
The Agriculture Enchancment Act of 2018, higher generally known as the Farm Invoice, outlined hemp as containing 0.3% of THC or much less and helped usher in a brand new business of low-dose, hemp-derived and artificial merchandise.
Paul’s HEMP Act additionally would require:
- Testing of hemp-derived merchandise relatively than hemp flower or the plant.
- Hemp shipments to be documented throughout transport and supply.
“For years, I’ve led the battle in Washington to revive one in all Kentucky’s most traditionally very important crops by legalizing industrial hemp,” Paul stated in an announcement.
“We achieved a hard-won victory, however there may be nonetheless work to do to stop the federal authorities from weighing down our farmers with pointless bureaucratic micromanaging
“My laws will assist this rising business attain its full financial potential and convey transparency to authorities rules.”
A competing invoice, launched final month by Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, would create a federal company to implement contemporary rules on Farm Invoice-compliant hemp merchandise in the US and ban “artificially or synthetically derived cannabinoids of any sort.”
Congress is a yr overdue in its Farm Invoice replace, which usually occurs each 5 years.
