“The moment federally legal hemp crosses Ohio’s borders, it becomes ‘marijuana’ for purposes of Ohio law.”
By Phillip Smith, The American Hemp Monitor
Nearly a dozen hemp beverage makers and distributors have filed a class action lawsuit seeking to block the state of Ohio from enforcing the hemp provisions of a new state law governing hemp and marijuana, which is legal in the state.
That law, Senate Bill 56, redefines hemp to exclude any product containing more than 0.4 milligrams