This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Petition Ease restrictions on production, processing and sale of hemp
1. Allow farmers to process CBD oil from the hemp plants flower and leaf
2. Reclassify hemp as a crop and allow a free market on hemp products and production
3. Get rid of the licenses currently needed to grow hemp
4. Consider the restrictions on THC levels dependant on weather
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It cannot be right that farmers can grow hemp and then be forced to compost the most profitable parts; the flowers and leaf.
Hemp is currently classified as a drug and needs a licence to grow. This is so off putting to farmers that we barely grow 900 hectares of hemp.
Hemp contains some THC, and the % is subject to the weather, and this should be factored into rules limiting the allowable % of THC in hemp.
This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months