Oregon CBD Delivery Leads To Criminal Investigation

As CBD has continued to grow in popularity in the United States, there has been a great deal of confusion with various state agencies attempting to confiscate the product and raid shops. It has been unclear to them whether or not the product is actually legal.

With the passage of the Farm Bill in the past, it paved the way for hemp to be legalized, but hemp is just another word for cannabis; it's designated as hemp because of the low THC levels that it is expected to be grown with. If farmers are caught growing 'hemp' with too high THC levels, with more than 0.3% THC content, authorities have destroyed those crops in the past.

Because there was that passage of the Farm Bill though, a growing number of farmers have now turned to grow the crop for themselves and many CBD products have been coming to market that are being created from 'hemp' which again is essentially just cannabis with low levels of THC. Following that Farm Bill that was passed, you can now find different rules across the country regarding the restrictions on CBD products.

Some states, like Idaho, have implemented even stricter rules that only allow CBD products with 0.0 percent THC, and it's still considered illegal in Nebraska and South Dakota, which has caused a lot of confusion for people and authorities.

Recently in Oregon, one CBD processing company there received four packages from Massachusetts which sparked a months-long investigation into their company, involving most of the business's assets being seized. This happened after a UPS worked had allegedly reported to the police that the packages smelled strongly of cannabis.

In Oregon, hemp-derived CBD products, with 0.3 THC or less, are supposed to be considered legal, but as in other states there has been a great deal of confusion for authorities on how to deal with this product and those who are using it or selling it.

Authorities in the region have taken to removing edibles from the shelves containing CBD for example, claiming that CBD isn't a federally approved additive. There are also still heavy restrictions on these products crossing state lines and needing to come from growers with approved licenses etc, so individuals in this industry have frequently been unnecessarily harassed for their activities in dealing with this plant or CBD products etc, despite the changes which have seemed to make things better.

For the recent case in Oregon, the company CEO says he was trying to follow the rules, but law enforcement doesn't agree and that investigation is still open.

Police say that they are desperate for the tools and knowledge to properly identify the "approved" CBD and hemp products from the criminalized cannabis.

“Nobody wants to see someone in jail for a month for the wrong thing,... To enable us to do our job, we have to have something that can help us distinguish.” - DEA

One popular field test that's already used to try and help solve this issue has been criticized for its ineffectiveness at being able to properly distinguish. When these tools give improper readings that means someone is unjustly going to suffer as a result. The current testing technology is alleged to be embarrassingly behind where it currently needs to be, it's causing more harm than any help it's expected to be offering.

Law enforcement should be focusing their resources and skills on crimes such as murder, robbery, human trafficking, arson, assault etc, and not on testing a plant to see how much THC it has. People shouldn't be arrested over victimless crimes, our prisons are full enough.

Many farmers and other entrepreneurs see a promising future in the cannabis industry, if only an organization with a monopoly on violence would learn to stay out of the way, if they can't assist in protecting freedom; rather than abuse it.

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