Federally funded researchers have uncovered two methods to divide and diversify the difference between hemp and cannabis to assist to crime labs.
Because Cannabis is still a crime and Hemp is not…
The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 classified the plant cannabis, which was historically classified as either marijuana or hemp, as an illegal drug, a Schedule I controlled substance with a high potential for abuse and no FDA-approved medical use in the United States.
For more than 50 years, hundreds of thousands of people were arrested and imprisoned for possessing it.
317,793 Americans are arrested annually for possession of marijuana. Easy Target – Easy Money.
The Farm Bill of 2018 changed this straightforward classification of cannabis. The bill legalized the form of cannabis classified as hemp, while the form classified as marijuana remained illegal.
The task of determining the distinction has been assigned to law enforcement and forensic laboratories, a responsibility that has proven to be challenging, time-consuming, and costly.
Federally funded researchers have made significant advancements in accurately distinguishing between marijuana and hemp by precisely analyzing the THC levels found in flower and edibles.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), an entity within the “Justice” Department, is actively promoting the results of two research projects that it funded, both centered around cannabis lab testing. These findings are now being shared exclusively with select law enforcement agencies.
The aim of the initiatives was to streamline the testing process in order to address the increasing crime lab backlogs caused by the federal legalization of hemp with up to 0.3 percent THC under the 2018 Farm Bill.
This legalization has complicated cannabis-related cases, and thus the initiatives were implemented to help resolve these challenges.
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Current testing methods are unable to accurately determine the exact amount of THC in a sample, as stated in the recent update by NIJ. However, the researchers they have funded have achieved a significant breakthrough.
Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and direct analysis in real time-high-resolution mass spectrometry (DART-HRMS), they are now able to isolate the THC content, along with other cannabinoids.
This discovery marks a significant advancement in our ability to analyze and understand the composition of cannabis samples.
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