Lawmakers approved legislation, House Bill 105, exempting state-qualified patients from criminal prosecution if they possess a cannabis extract that contains more than 15 percent CBD and no more than 0.3 percent THC.
Only patients diagnosed with intractable epilepsy and possessing a recommendation from a neurologist are allowed to obtain high CBD-extracts under the program. The law does not provide for any legal in-state source of the product at this time.
House Bill 105 further allows for universities to engage in state-sponsored hemp production in compliance with Section 7606 of the omnibus federal Farm. However, it remains to be seen whether the state intends to try and produce CBD extracts from hemp crops or whether officials intend to also grow separate CBD-dominant strains of cannabis, the latter of which would require federal permission.
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