How US hemp ban could criminalize CBD products – and derail Medicare plan
Summary
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services started a program to reimburse some patients for hemp-derived products like CBD, but a new hemp ban passed by Congress could make many of these products illegal. Lawmakers and industry representatives are trying to delay or change the ban because it could stop people from accessing hemp products and affect health programs.Key Facts
- Medicare and Medicaid patients can get up to $500 a year reimbursed for hemp products under a new pilot program.
- The program uses the 2018 Farm Bill definition of hemp as cannabis with less than 0.3% delta-9 THC.
- A hemp ban in last year’s spending bill would make all products with more than 0.4mg of any THC federally illegal starting November 12.
- This ban could criminalize most hemp products, including many non-intoxicating CBD products.
- Industry leaders and hemp product sellers are meeting with Congress to explain hemp science and advocate for keeping products legal.
- Some lawmakers have introduced bills to delay or regulate hemp products safely, but political division has blocked progress.
- President Trump called for updating the law to maintain access to full-spectrum CBD products.
- A lawsuit trying to stop the Medicare hemp program was rejected in court.
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