Until now, shipping of hemp-derived Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-8 THC) products has allowed, unless expressly prohibited at the state level. This has allowed suppliers of Delta-8 THC vape carts, dabs, gummies and tinctures to ship them by regular mail. This is changing next month when the new NEW VAPING BILL will be coming into effect at the end of March. After that day, mail order of Delta-8 vape cartridges is becoming illegal in the United States and you will have to get them in local shops, offline.
If you want to stock-up on Delta-8 THC vape cartridhges you can do it only until March 28th. After that day there will be no more mail order of Delta-8 THC vape cartridges, so getting it online will be a challenge! Currently, we are still offering Delta-8 THC vape cartridges for only $10/cart.
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Is DELTA 8 THC illegal?
Is DELTA 8 THC illegal or it is legal? While hemp-derived Delta-8 THC is considered by all to be legal, and you can easily buy Delta-8 THC online the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) believes otherwise. A few months ago they have issued an Interim Final Ruling, stating that any synthetically-produced Delta-8 is prohibited, regardless of the 0.3 percent rule. “All synthetically derived tetrahydrocannabinols remain schedule I controlled substances,” the ruling specified.
This statement took the industry by surprize, and many of the top suppliers took their products off-line, for a few long-days. However, after checking with their local legal advisors, a solution was found and who-ever wanted to continue selling products online, had to guarantee that it is a hemp-derived product.
This was the sign to a new era and the price of Delta-8 THC went down, as more and more suppliers joined the game. Currently, Delta-8 THC vape carts, sold, only a few weeks ago for $39.95/cart, are now offered for as low as $12/cart!
Legal or just a loophole?
A few months later we still don’t know for sure if Delta-8 THC is legal or illegal, as some claim the whole ‘hemp-derived’ statement to be just a loophole. None-the-less, until the regulations will come with clarifications, business is as usuall and the business of Delta-8 THC products is stronger than ever!
ln-fact, after this issue was resolved the sales of Delta-8 THC products went skyrocking and in Q4 we saw many hemp suppliers placing Delta-8 THC vapes, gummies, tinctures, dabs and flowers on their homepage. As a result we saw a major drop in Delta-8 THC pricing and great deals, such as $12 Delta-8 THC vape cartridges became available to our subscribers.
Currently, we are still offering Delta-8 THC vape cartridges for only $10/cart.
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Background
Delta 8 THC is a compound that has been researched for quite some time now, although it just recently made its way into the mainstream. Numerous studies, mostly Israeli, indicate that Delta 8 THC can be used to relieve nausea, boost the immune system, and even shrink tumors. Once word got around about this minor cannabinoid, it quickly gained popularity as a healthy and legal, yet semi-psychoactive, cannabis compound.
Because Delta 8 THC could be extracted from legal hemp, Delta-8 was itself legal. It was only prohibited in 8 states, those that banned the manufacture, use, and possession of Tetrahydrocannabinol AND all of its chemical analogues. So, unless specifically states, Delta-8 THC was legal, as per the 2018 Farm Bill.
Delta-8 THC CAN be extracted from hemp plants, however, it exists in such small quantities that most of the time, Delta-8 is actually converted from CBD (cannabidiol) using a chemical catalyst. Under the new ruling, this would qualify as an “illegal synthetic of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)”, making DELTA 8 THC illegal under the U.S. drug scheduling act.
Companies are now scrambling to come up a plan B during a time when small businesses are already dealing with unprecedented challenges. Many people are surprised that this is what the government is focused on, during a global pandemic when the job market has been essentially destroyed and civil unrest abounds in the streets of most major U.S. cities.
Now, finally, new regulations have arrived and they first attack the opportunity of ordering Delta-8 THC online, by banning mail orders of vape products (in-fact, these orders went against nicotine vape products, buy they also banned cbd and Delta-8 THC vape products).
As most of Delta-8 THC products is ordered online, this is a major blow to the industry, as effective April 2021, people won’t be able to get their favorite product!
DEA’S Misinterpretation of the Farm Bill
Like usual, the DEA misinterpreted what was stated in the farm bill and used to push a law that, again, makes absolutely no sense. Specifically, the 2018 Farm Bill includes hemp-derived “cannabinoids” and “derivatives” in its definition of “hemp”.
Simplified (which is evidently needed when dealing with these agencies), this means that cannabinoids and derivatives of hemp are themselves “hemp” under the statute. For this reason, a derivative of hemp-derived CBD is itself “hemp” under the statute and should be legal.
Numerous sources define a chemical derivative as “a compound that is derived from a similar compound by a chemical reaction.” The following text is straight from section 10113 of the 2018 farm bill:
“The term ‘hemp’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.”
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The National Hemp Association statement
In a statement by the National Hemp Association they have mentioned that
“The issue of D8 THC is not addressed at all in this document. While this may be viewed by some to be a go ahead for marketing D8 products derived from hemp, there is another argument that D8 may fall under the category of synthesized tetrahydrocannabonoids and remain a schedule I substance.“.
DELTA 8 THC illegal? Make your voice heard!
For now, this ruling making Delta 8 THC illegal is a stick in the wheel for any business owner who just invested in Delta-8 THC. It would also be extremely problematic for consumers who have found therapeutic value in the use of Delta-8 THC. Of course, the products can still be sold and bought, but it would be illegal so there are obvious risks involved.
Thankfully, the ruling isn’t official yet and you can submit comments by clicking here and following the online instructions. Make sure to reference “RIN 1117-AB53/DOCKET No. DEA-500” on all your correspondence to make sure it does not get lost or end up in the wrong folder. You have until OCTOBER 20, 2020, to get your opinion out there.
Companies sueing the DEA
Numerous major companies are now working with their lawyers to appeal this ruling. They believe this decision is not legal, so we will continue to update you as we learn more about the proceedings.
One of these companies is, who informed their clients that they are going to fight back:
“What the DEA is trying to do to delta 8 thc is illegal, and myself and a few companies are filiing a lawsuit.”
Unfortunately for them, they also had to stop selling all DELTA 8 products, and soon after they have made the following statement “It’s with great saddness, I have to say, in light of recent events the DEA implemented, under the advice of our 2 cannabis law firms, we are removing our delta 8 products from our site.”
In addition, they have advised their clients to be active and reach out to the DEA “We’ve been getting a lot of emails asking how our customers can help and the best thing to do is to make a public comment on this issue.”
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Hey, this is John Lasheras here. I sent in a comment to the DEA and I hope everyone out there reading this does as well.
Here is what I sent:
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Agency: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Document Type: Rulemaking
Title: Implementation of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018
Document ID: DEA_FRDOC_0001-0291
Comment:
RIN 1117-AB53/DOCKET No. DEA-500
This interim final ruling should be overturned at the Drug Enforcement Administration. It bears no relevancy to the initial intentions of the federal farm bill nor does it solve the problem of unregulated THC purchasing and consumption. Delta 8 THC should not be provisioned underneath the initial premises of the farm bill, wherein executive guidelines stipulate that Delta 9 THC and analogues of such are only the preeminent focus. Delta 8 THC is a different chemical, molecule and synthetically derived compound from CBD which does not violate the initial farm bill.
This interim ruling should be an act of Congress or left up to the Courts to decide whether or not Delta 8 THC qualifies as a tetrohydrocannbinol analog, The DEA is overreaching in its emergency scheduling policy and Delta 8 THC provides an interesting opportunity for vendors, customers and safe consumers of substances to get supplies of the substance while avoiding unnecessary risk and danger from the fear of illegality or for looming illegality.
Prices have doubled as vendors are trying to clear their supply and this can only lead to worse outcomes for individuals, especially those in low income communities that are crime ridden and risk averse to live in.
As an addendum to these arguments, I am proposing that all cannabinoids, cannabis products, including but not limited to, cannabis plant material, cannabis oil, resin and cannabis extracts, should be legalized via an immediate ruling and emergency descheduling of cannabis, THC compounds, analogues thereof off of Schedule I and unscheduled like Alcohol. Vendors should be left up to the responsibility of age verification along with other government bodies to regulate consumption of cannabis and psychoactive substances thereof.
Tetrohydrocannabivarin is not federally scheduled and also produces psychoactive effects, albeit weaker than Delta 8 THC. This emergency scheduling is not all encompassing if its goal is to rid the legality of psychoactive THC compounds from the market and for consumer usage.
Officials in the Drug Enforcement Administration, I ask of you not to emergency schedule Delta 8 THC or cannabinoids derived from hemp which are safe, efficacous and cheap to produce as they are critical boons to the marijuana industry as well. The mairjuana industry in many states where it is legalized provide large tax revenues, reduce crime, reduce consumption rates and is vital for patients who consume medical marijuana.
Recreationally, legalized marijuana can provide economic stimulus, promote safer consumption methods and reduce drug related crimes. With just the prerequisite of licensure, the DEA could amend in its own ruling the descheduling of these psychoactive substances to be properly regulated in interstate commerce.
The unscheduling of Marijuana, Cannabis based products, hemp derived THC from CBD may be too lofty of a goal to be met with large resistance, but two options are available in my opinion. Please either do not make any THC derived from CBD a scheduled substance and leave regulatory practice to the market (wherein many vendors do a good job in age verification already) or to legalize all cannabis based products via an emergency unscheduling, which I think is too lofty and unreasonable.
Sincerely,
John Lasheras
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