Michigan regulators on Friday, April 15, axed a plan to allow hemp to be synthetically converted to THC, the high-inducing compound in marijuana.
Allowing hemp plants to be converted into oils that produce almost the exact same effects could put those existing producers out of business.
“After receiving a significant amount of public comment regarding safety concerns and the lack of scientific and public health data related to the conversion process outlined in the proposed industrial hemp rules … the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) has withdrawn this request for rulemaking,” the agency announced Friday.
The decision comes two days after the licensing body was renamed from the Marijuana Regulatory Agency and assumed authority over hemp-derived products. Currently, licensed businesses are permitted to extract THC oil from marijuana.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer issued an executive order in February that called for renaming the MRA and assigning it authority over hemp processing for commercial sale. MDARD retains oversight of hemp farming.
Hemp and marijuana are the same plant: cannabis. Except the government defines hemp as cannabis with less than 0.3% THC, the psychoactive compound produced in marijuana at much higher levels. Hemp had been regulated by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), and marijuana by Marijuana Regulatory Agency.
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