The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (the 2018 Farm Bill) effectively exempted hemp from the list of federal Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act ( Shover and Humphreys, 2019). are the only plants that produce a unique class of molecules known as cannabinoids, specifically Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD Hillig and Mahlberg, 2004 Zuardi, 2006 Battistella et al., 2014 Shover and Humphreys, 2019 Quaicoe et al., 2020 Schumacher et al., 2020 Adhikary et al., 2021). Up until the eighteenth century, hemp was one of the major fibers in the United States. These multifunctional, herbaceous products have been farmed by mankind for millennia. Cannabis from the Cannabaceae family is the genus name for plants that are broadly separated into two classes: industrial hemp and marijuana. It is also purported to be one of the earliest plants cultivated by man for medicinal purposes ( Zuardi, 2006). Industrial hemp, a variety of Cannabis sativa L., is reported to be one of the stiffest and strongest natural fibers on earth ( Pickering et al., 2007 Salentijn et al., 2019). Further, we examine challenges in using forensic analytical methodologies tasked to distinguish legal fiber-type material from illegal drug-types.įorensic science laboratories work police departments to help authorities distinguish between industrial hemp and marijuana plants, which appear identical but confer very different legal statuses. It will also serve as an overview of emergent microbiological studies regarding hemp inflorescences. This review provides background on important topics regarding hemp and the quantification of total tetrahydrocannabinol in hemp products. There is a paucity of investigations of the identity, microbial diversity, and biochemical characterizations of industrial hemp. On the other hand, industrial hemp contains cannabidiol found in the resinous flower of Cannabis and is purported to have multiple advantageous uses. Unlike marijuana, hemp contains less than 0.3% of the cannabinoid, Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive compound which gives users psychotropic effects and confers illegality in some locations. The 2018 Farm Bill made way for the legalization of hemp by categorizing it as an ordinary agricultural commodity. Industrial hemp exhibits environmental sustainability, low maintenance, and high local and national economic impacts. Traditional composite materials such as concrete, fiberglass insulation, and lumber are environmentally unfavorable. The decline of its cultivation and applications is largely due to burgeoning manufacture of synthetic fibers.
The Cannabis plant is a vigorous annual crop broadly separated into two classes: industrial hemp and marijuana. plant is reported to be one of the strongest natural multipurpose fibers on earth. Industrial hemp from the Cannabis sativa L. The Achilles heel of industrial hemp is its association with marijuana. Department of Physical Sciences and Forensic Science Programs, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, United Statesįorensic laboratories are required to have analytical tools to confidently differentiate illegal substances such as marijuana from legal products (i.e., industrial hemp).
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