Is Hemp The Same As Marijuana?

Is hemp the same as marijuana? Yes, it is! Hemp and marijuana are the same plant. Now, marijuana is no longer illegal in Texas, caveat, unless it has greater than 0.3% THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol). So that’s how illegal marijuana is distinguished from other marijuana or hemp.

Hemp typically doesn’t necessarily have 0.3% or greater THC. So, and this is really interesting because, you know, cops used to always like to arrest people or detain people or get people out of their car because they say they smell marijuana.

And I suspect that a lot of times, cops are saying they smell marijuana when they really don’t, but they use that as a reason to get people out of the car and to search their car, and quite often, then they find something. But now, just because they smell marijuana, that doesn’t mean that it’s illegal marijuana, marijuana with a greater than 0.3% concentration of THC.

So that’s a really big distinction under Texas law now, and so we know that is required before marijuana is illegal. So marijuana and hemp are the same, but marijuana is not illegal unless it has greater than 0.3 % THC.

Summary

In Texas, hemp and marijuana are the same plant but legally distinguished by THC content. While hemp typically contains less than 0.3% THC and is legal, marijuana is only illegal if THC exceeds this threshold. This legal nuance affects law enforcement practices regarding marijuana detection and search procedures.

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