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> Exemption From Control of Certain Industrial Products and Materials
Derived From the Cannabis Plant
Exemption from Control of Certain
Industrial Products
and Materials Derived from the
Cannabis Plant
Extension of Grace Period to Dispose of Existing
Inventories of Non-Exempted Hemp Products
On October 9, 2001, DEA published in the
Federal Register (66 FR 51,539) an interim rule which exempted from
control certain THC-containing industrial products, processed plant
materials used to make such products, and animal feed mixtures. With
respect to those products that were not exempted from control under the
interim rule, DEA provided in the interim rule a 120-day grace period to
allow persons with existing inventories to dispose of such inventories.
The 120-day grace period ended on February 6, 2002. However, DEA will
now extend the grace period until March 18, 2002, under the same terms
as previously set forth in the interim rule.
Therefore, the terms of the extended grace period
are as follows:
Any person who currently possesses a
THC-containing "hemp" product not exempted from control
under the October 9, 2001 interim rule has until March 18, 2002 to
dispose of such product. However, during this extended grace period
(as was the case during the prior grace period), no person may use
any THC-containing "hemp" product for human consumption
(as defined in the interim rule); nor may any person manufacture or
distribute such a product with the intent that it be used for human
consumption within the United States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Frank Sapienza, Chief, Drug and Chemical Evaluation Section, Office of
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC
20537, Telephone (202) 307-7183.
NOTICE: This is an
unofficial version. An official version of these publications may be obtained
directly from the Government Printing Office (GPO).
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