Hemp was legalized by the 2018 US Farm Bill, but the hemp-derived CBD market was never officially set up and regulated. Now, with the FDA once again looking to bypass the topic, activists are getting involved to help move things along. Help make it happen by forcing Congress to do something. Read on to find out how.
Hemp-derived products like CBD are not regulated, and this hurts smaller companies, and stalemates the use of CBD in nutritional supplement products. Hemp-derived compounds have grown in popularity, from delta-8 THC, to CBDV, to even delta-9 THC. These products are still available even without regulation, but buyers should know their brands and be aware of dangers.For interested users, we have an array of deals for hemp-derived compounds like CBD and delta-8 THC, so check out our stock, and learn the importance of hemp-derived compounds.For more articles like this one, make sure tosubscribe to The THC Weekly Newsletter. Also save big on Delta 8, Delta 9 THC, Delta-10 THC, THCO, THCV, THCP & HHC products by checking out our “Best-of” lists!
Hemp and regulation
The 2018 US Farm Bill worked to undue some of the cannabis prohibition laws that were put into place in the early 1900s. It legalized the production of hemp for all purposes, using the following definition to define the plants in question and how they could be used: “The term `hemp‘ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”
This effectively removed hemp from the Controlled Substances list, and started what looks like a free-for-all market of hemp-derived CBD products. CBD, of course, is the cannabinoid found more prevalently in hemp plants, and with these new laws, it appeared that CBD was released to the masses for whatever they wanted.
However, the Farm Bill made a very concrete statement. Though it legalized hemp, it did not change the authority that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or Commissioner of Food and Drugs, has over issues that fall under the jurisdiction of FDA administration laws. What this means, is that though hemp was legalized for all purposes, the FDA still holds authority over hemp products if they’re used as food or medicine. Since the FDA oversees laws related to foods, dietary supplements, human and veterinary drugs, and cosmetics, if a hemp product falls into one of these categories, it is regulated the same way.