Why Consuming CBD is a Criminal Offense in the Military

The U.S. government has recently made consuming CBD in the military a punishable offense. EDITOR’S NOTE: On July 27th 2020, the U.S. House Passed a defense amendment which would legalize CBD in the Military, should it eventually be passed into law. RxLeaf is watching the situation closely and will update if as the story progresses. The new rules, which were put in place to clarify the military’s position on hemp following its legalization by the 2018 Farm Bill, prohibits members from consuming any substance made from hemp in the military — including CBD and even hemp burgers. It’s a policy that has many service members shaking their heads and even more scrambling to replace a medicine that many veterans claim has been helpful. The DoD vs. CBD Why the crackdown on CBD in the military? It actually has very little to do with CBD and more to do with its mind-altering cousin, THC. The Department of Defense has no problem with service members consuming CBD. The substance causes no bad side effects and helps with a number of maladies. The DoD’s problem is with the negligible amount of THC that could be contained within CBD products and service members’ inability to know for sure how much THC there is within any product. The first point is questionable. The DoD believes that service members who consume CBD could be ingesting up to 0.3 percent THC, per the legal rule for hemp products. Service members who take enough CBD could theoretically be ingesting…

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