CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 3.2-4112)

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.