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Hemp 🇺🇸 United States

The DEA says cannabis seeds are not federally controlled

Answering a lawyer's inquiry, the Drug Enforcement Administration wrote that marijuana seed with no more than 0.3% delta-9 THC by dry weight meets the 2018 definition of hemp and is not controlled, and likewise tissue culture and other genetic material. A second letter in December 2022 added that material grown from a seed is marijuana once it exceeds 0.3%.[1]

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References

  1. Kight on Cannabis — DEA Seed Letter: Triumph or Trap? (13 April 2022)archived

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