As used in this chapter:”Grower” means any person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 to grow industrial hemp as part of the industrial hemp research program.”Hemp products” means all products made from industrial hemp, including cloth, cordage, fiber, food, fuel, paint, paper, particleboard, plastics, seed, seed meal and seed oil for consumption, and seed for cultivation.”Industrial hemp” means all parts and varieties of the plant Cannabis sativa, cultivated or possessed by a licensed grower, whether growing or not, that contain a concentration of THC that is no greater than that allowed by federal law. Industrial hemp as defined and applied in this chapter is excluded from the definition of marijuana as found in § 54.1-3401.”Industrial hemp research program” means the research program established pursuant to § 3.2-4120.”Seed research” means research conducted to develop or re-create better varieties of industrial hemp, particularly for the purposes of seed production.”Tetrahydrocannabinol” or “THC” means the natural or synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives, of the genus Cannabis, or any synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity.

History

2015, cc. 158, 180.