Article: Vote Hemp: 'Marijuana Flavored' Lollipops Are Made With CannabisFlower Essential Oil Not Hemp Seed Oil

WASHINGTON, June 28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Vote Hemp, which advocates for industrial hemp in Washington D.C., and the Hemp Industries Association (HIA), representing over 200 hemp companies, are concerned by recent Associated Press and USA Today news reports alleging that lollipops "flavored with hemp oil" are "legal." Hemp seed oil is in fact not used in such candies, and both groups are formally advising that last year's federal court decision affirming the legality of hemp seed and oil foods DOES NOT cover candies or other products made with cannabis flower essential oil. This essential oil is steam-distilled from the resin in the flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant and/or from trace ...

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