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Hemp is classified as below .3% THC (compared to old-school weed strains at 15% and modern levels at mid 30%s). Hemp is male and female, and trash in potency, but THC and other products derived from it are fair game in some jurisdictions, or a grey area.

It is certainly a different market than legal, high potency THC, as well as medical.

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> compared to old-school weed strains at 15% and modern levels at mid 30%s)

These levels are still primarily based on THCa content, not Delta9 THC. Even your regulated legal flower is very low in D9 THC.

> It is certainly a different market than legal, high potency THC, as well as medical.

Much of it is literally the exact same. They are growing the exact same strains and cultivars as the regulated legal marijuana industry, just making sure to harvest and process them in a way that prevents the decarboxylation of THCa into D9 THC from going over .3%

It is quite literally the same and the distinction between hemp and marijuana is entirely arbitrary as defined by a shitty and ignorant law.

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