DEA affirms hemp’s new status, sends notice that plant is legal

More than six months after hemp was made legal in the United States, federal drug authorities have updated their guidance to remind law enforcement that hemp is no longer a controlled substance.

A notice posted Monday by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) cited the 2018 Farm Bill in noting that “certain forms of cannabis no longer require DEA registration to grow or manufacture.”

The agency went on to say that “hemp, including hemp plants and cannabidiol (CBD) preparations at or below the 0.3 percent delta-9 THC threshold is not a controlled substance.”

The DEA notice didn’t change the law or make hemp legal; that occurred last year.

But because the agency had yet to remind national law enforcement through its regular bulletins that hemp is legal, some hemp businesses found themselves fighting legal confusion about the plant’s status.

Attorneys who represent hemp clients told Hemp Industry Daily that the DEA statement is an overdue affirmation of cannabis legality.

The DEA also announced Monday that it will expand research on higher-THC varieties of cannabis classified as marijuana.

在大麻在美国合法化六个多月后，联邦药品当局更新了他们的指南，提醒执法部门大麻不再是一种受控物质。

美国缉毒局( DEA )周一发布的一份通知援引了2018年的《农场法案》( Farm Bill )，指出“某些形式的大麻不再需要 DEA 登记来种植或制造。”

该机构接着说，大麻，包括大麻植物和大麻二酚(CBD)制剂在0.3%德尔塔-9 THC阈值或以下不是一种受控物质。

DEA 通知没有改变法律，也没有使大麻合法化，这是去年发生的。

但由于该机构尚未通过其定期公告提醒国家执法部门大麻是合法的，一些大麻企业发现自己在与有关大麻植物地位的法律混乱作斗争。

代表大麻客户的律师告诉《大麻工业日报》， DEA 的声明是对大麻合法性的一种迟来的肯定。

美国毒品和毒局周一还宣布，将扩大对被列为大麻的高 THC 大麻品种的研究。