Legal Risk Exposure Heightens Uncertainty in Developing U.S. Hemp Markets

Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Suzanne Thornsbury and Kevin M. Camp

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, 2021, vol. 36, issue 01

Abstract: Hemp transitioned from a Schedule I controlled substance in the United States to a commercial crop with a growing market in just seven short years. Emerging U.S. hemp markets face challenges common in agriculture production, but the legal risk of exceeding a THC threshold compounds these risks.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309503

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