The 2018 Farm Bill Apparently Legalized THC
This weekend, I had the pleasure of being keynote speaker at the Godfrey conference at the University of Georgia, my alma mater. It was wonderful to be back home like that. But I wanted to share something that happened on the way back because I am frankly stunned. Did you know that the 2018 Farm Bill legalized THC, the active compound in cannabis? Furthermore, did you know that it was accidental? Six years now, THC has been legal. Not decriminalized. At the federal level, the 2018 Farm Bill removed hemp-based THC from Schedule I.
I learned this because I was walking through the Atlanta airport and heard someone at a nice looking boutique airport store say the words “We have THC” or something. And I stopped and looked over my shoulder and it was this CBD boutique store. CBD stores seem so much more common these days. I see them all the time, and I cannot for the life of me figure out why they exist. Not trying to start a fight, but to me CBD is like the snake oil of herbal …
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