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Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has ordered that all stores in his state remove or sell any CBD products containing any level of THC within the next 60 days. Excise police will “perform normal, periodic regulatory spot checks of CBD oil products,” Holcomb said in a statement. “Because CBD oil has been sold in Indiana for several years, the excise police will use the next 60 days to educate, inform, and issue warnings to retailers so there is a reasonable period of time for them to remove products that contain THC.”
Holcomb’s statement comes just a week after an official opinion by Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, which asserted that CBD is illegal in the state, regardless of its THC content. “Simply put, cannabidiol is a Schedule 1 controlled substance because marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled substance,” Hill said, according to the IndyStar. However, this decision seems to contradict a 2014 industrial hemp law that legalized CBD in the state as long as it contained less than 0.3% THC content.
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