Action | Promulgate regulation regarding industrial hemp extracts intended for human consumption as required by Ch. 659 and 660 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 1/7/2022 |
As regulators contemplate the legal status of the cannabinoid Delta 8 THC, officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are signaling that, at the federal level at least, it’s not a controlled substance at this time.
Officials with the DEA have indicated to state regulators that only products containing more than 0.3 percent Delta-9 THC—the most commonly known intoxicating cannabinoid—is controlled, but the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp does not explicitly ban THC isomers like Delta 8 THC.
Virginia is cutting off revenue from its own small business who live and thrive off the production and sale of Delta 8 THC.