Four in five marijuana consumers say they oppose the recriminalization of hemp THC products under a spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law in November—weeks before he issued a cannabis rescheduling order and took steps to protect access to full-spectrum CBD.
The current law as enacted, however, would redefine hemp in a way that industry stakeholders argue would effectively eradicate the sector that Trump legitimized during his first term when hemp was federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill.
Though there’s been some splintering between marijuana and hemp interests over the THC ban, which is set to take effect next November, an overwhelming majority of cannabis consumers (82 percent) say they’re against the pending policy change.
That’s according to a new poll from the cannabis telehealth platform NuggMD, which asked marijuana users to weigh in on the hemp THC recriminalization provisions of the law.
Just 4 percent of respondents said they support the ban, while 15 percent said they don’t have an opinion about the policy.
Q: “The president recently signed legislation that re-criminalizes hemp-derived THC, which was made legal in 2018. Do you support or oppose this policy?” n: %
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