Louisiana’s hemp industry is challenging a new state law that tightens restrictions on hemp-derived products, arguing it conflicts with federal law and could criminalize products that have been legal for for the half a decade now.
According to Law360, the Hemp Association of Louisiana and Cypress Hemp LLC filed a federal lawsuit Friday against Gov. Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill and Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III over Act 752, which took effect in June.
The law redefines “industrial hemp” for consumable products based on total THC content rather than just delta-9 THC, the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis. The lawsuit claims the change effectively recriminalizes many hemp-derived products that were legal under both state and federal law.
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