Farm bureau: DOJ will walk back hemp-oil stance

By: Associated Press//May 10, 2018//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An agriculture lobbyist says the state Department of Justice plans to walk back its stance that hemp farmers can’t extract CBD oil from their plants.

Hundreds of farmers have applied for new state licenses that would allow them to grow industrial hemp. Many hope to produce and sell CBD oil, which can be used to treat seizures. But the DOJ issued a memo last month re-affirming only doctors and pharmacies can distribute the oil and people can possess it only with a doctor’s certification.

Rob Richard, a lobbyist at Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation, said on Thursday that he had met the day before with DOJ officials and the Republican authors of the bill that authorized the hemp licenses. He says the agency will make it clear the oil is legal.

Johnny Koremenos, a DOJ spokesman, didn’t immediately reply to an email.

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