Hey #hemp farmers, manufacturers, retailers and everyone I missed. I hate to say I told you so but here we are!! 1/ The Griffith bill (H.R. 7212) doesn’t close the conversion loophole—it codifies it. Section 781 of P.L. 119-37 already rewrote the hemp definition (7 U.S.C. §1639o) to total THC (including THCA) + exclusions for anything synthesized outside the plant. Most of that hits Dec 11. Griffith doesn’t amend or delay it. 2/ Griffith’s bill is source-neutral: cannabinoids are defined “regardless of source or method of production.” Delta-8 and Delta-9 are listed by name. Isomerizing CBD/CBC into them is not banned—it’s treated as a regulated product under FDA (with mg caps). Result: growers are locked into only non-intoxicating plant extracts (CBD, CBC, etc.). Converters get the legal market. 3/ Quiet ban by definition: Section 781 never says “ban CBD.” It just makes commercial production of those non-intoxicating cannabinoids impossible at scale once intermediates exceed the threshold. No pathway to DEA-licensed, medical, or recreational markets. Griffith regulates the remnant and abandons the grower.

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