EvoHemp’s CBD extract tincture is crafted from organic, subcritical CO2-extracted CBD from White Plume’s hemp farm in South Dakota, and blended with organic Evo Hempseed Oil. Free of pesticides and herbicides, it’s rich in terpenes and a good source of antioxidants. Co-founder Ari Sherman takes cannabidoil daily to ward off dementia, he told Native Business Magazine. (EvoHemp.com)

The national prohibition on industrial hemp has been lifted. Yesterday President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law. An amendment to the bill officially removes hemp and its derivatives, including cannabidiol (CBD), from federal classification as a Schedule I controlled narcotic under the Controlled Substance Act.

“The significance of this law change should not be underemphasized. This law marks the first change in the federal classification of the cannabis plant since it was initially classified as a schedule I controlled substance by Congress in 1970, and paves the way for the first federally-sanctioned commercial hemp grows since World War II,” said Paul Armentano, Deputy Director for the nonprofit National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), in a statement.

What’s significant about the 2018 Farm Bill is that states that don’t adopt an industrial hemp program cannot interfere with the transportation or shipment of industrial hemp. While the bill does not require individual states to permit the sale of industrial hemp or hemp products, it does bar states from intervening with its distribution.

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“With the passing of the Farm Bill, the sky is the limit when it comes to industrial hemp,” EvoHemp recently shared on LinkedIn.

Native Business Magazine previously interviewed EvoHemp co-founder Ari Sherman about the company’s partnership with the White Plume family in South Dakota. Alex White Plume, Oglala Lakota, and his family have fought a nearly two-decade battle to grow hemp on tribal lands in South Dakota.

An estimated 32 DEA agents raided White Plume’s property in 2000, eradicating his hemp crops. “I live in the poorest community and the poorest county in America today. I was desperate to bring some type of economic development in, where we could use the land without destroying the land,” White Plume previously told Native Business Magazine.

It was just this year that the White Plume family inked a partnered with the Boulder, Colorado-based Evo Hemp to produce full-spectrum CBD extracts. Evo Hemp is known for its line of Hemp Bars sold in more than 3,000 retailers, including Whole Foods Markets and Kroger. Today, anyone can purchase organic HempX Extract and HempX Capsules, made from White Plume’s organic, cannabinoid-rich hemp flower, thanks to his partnership with Evo Hemp.

(Read more about the “Hemp Warrior” and his partnership with Evo Hemp in the debut November issue of Native Business Magazine available for download at nativebusinessmag.com/digital. Native Business Magazine print content is exclusive and not available online.)

The 2018 Farm Bill states explicitly states this about tribal involvement in cultivating hemp:  

“A State or Indian tribe desiring to have primary regulatory authority over the production of hemp in the State or territory of the Indian tribe shall submit to the Secretary, through the State department of agriculture (in consultation with the Governor and chief law enforcement officer of the State) or the Tribal government, as applicable, a plan under which the State or Indian tribe monitors and regulates that production as described in paragraph (2).”

More information is available in SEC. 297C of the bill.