Writing rules to implement Missouris new law allowing a cannabis-based epilepsy treatment would, if normal procedures are followed, take until at least Dec. 31. Actually growing the plants to maturity and extracting the sought-after resins will add six months or more to the wait, whenever the rules are in effect.
The goal of the legislation, sponsored by Rep. Caleb Jones, R-Columbia, is to create an in-state source of a particular strain of cannabis the plant genus that provides industrial hemp and recreational marijuana high in a chemical, cannabidiol or CBD, gaining popularity as an alternative treatment for severe forms of epilepsy.
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Missouri CBD law highlights gray area of federal law enforcement