{"id":8768,"date":"2019-05-01T05:14:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T05:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=3443107&amp;preview_id=3443107"},"modified":"2019-05-01T05:14:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T05:14:51","slug":"tests-show-idaho-police-seized-hemp-not-marijuana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/tests-show-idaho-police-seized-hemp-not-marijuana\/","title":{"rendered":"Tests show Idaho police seized hemp, not marijuana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/tests-show-idaho-police-seized-hemp-not-marijuana\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<div><img src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tests-show-idaho-police-seized-hemp-not-marijuana.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2019\/04\/30\/idaho-hemp-seized-as-marijuana\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-marijuana+%28Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Marijuana%29&amp;utm_content=Google+UK#comments-anchor\"><span class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"3443107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>BOISE, Idaho \u2014 A truckload of what Idaho police believed to be marijuana turned out to be industrial hemp, a newspaper reported.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in Idaho approved the release of test results Friday that identified that 7,000 pounds of a green substance confiscated by Idaho State Police in January, The Idaho Statesman reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 U.S. Farm Bill legalized growth and sale of industrial hemp, as long as it has less than .3% concentration of THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>In Idaho, hemp remains illegal regardless of its THC concentration and possession carries the same legal penalties as marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>The hemp was being shipped to Colorado after Big Sky purchased it from a farmer licensed by the Oregon Department of Agriculture, according to Big Sky Scientific CEO Ryan Shore.<\/p>\n<p>The material remains impounded and Idaho intends to sell the truck, trailer and the crop, he said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\" \/>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>This story has been updated to remove a reference to the judge ruling on a lawsuit for the release of the hemp and truck. A judge made that ruling in February<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Information from: Idaho Statesman, http:\/\/www.idahostatesman.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><\/div>\n<p>A truckload of what Idaho police believed to be marijuana turned out to be industrial hemp, a newspaper reported. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7827,55,6813,77,9,5019,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[7828,2635,6818,2655,5022],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8768\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}