This is one serious idiot in a job he is overwealmingly unqualified for! They are not the same plant! Hemp part of the Marijuana family, but has vertually no THC. This PR garbage sounds like it came from the film "Reefer Madness!" In order to get a good joint buzz, you would have to smoke about 1/4 of an acre of hemp.
No kidding. Back in my misspent youth, certain lowlife types would sell bags of Indiana Ditch Weed, which is nothing more than wild hemp, to naive teenieboppers. May as well have smoked a rope... :)
Yep. The huge amount of food product a person would need to ingest in order to have any THC effect is that the ton of food product would severely damage harm the person.
The DEA claims their proposal is valid for no other reason than "there's already a law that says we can". The DEA has absolute zero regard for the fact that it is a non-problem from the get-go. The DEA is creating a problem that need not exist. Their position if followed through will do much harm while doing zero good. I would expect that the hemp oil is a healthier choice than the alternative oils.
Somebody needs to look into what food-oil companies would benefit from the DEA's proposal. I mean, what does the DEA have to gain by outlawing hemp oil? Zero, zip, nada, nothing. Unless, certain high ranking DEA officials are holding their hands out for a payoff from one or more non-hemp oil producers.
The DEA's proposal needs not only to be shot down but their highly probable criminal collusion with private sector companies needs to be scrutinized.