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HEMP VS. MARIJUANA: Hemp legalization poses complex issues for all involved
https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article44402439.html

NOTE: some clues re why reliable, high quality field test kits are needed by law enforcement, trucking companies, railroad companies, and legitimate hemp farmers...

(excerpt) "...The nightmare hemp scenario for Kentucky State Police apparently is a field legally licensed to grow hemp for grain with illegally planted marijuana mingled in.

Unlike hemp grown for fiber (when the plants are inches apart to promote tall stalk growth), the hemp grown for grain and marijuana plants would look substantially the same, said Jeremy Triplett, supervisor of the state police forensic lab.

Both could be shorter and bushy. The only way to really know, he said, would be to test for delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical that gives marijuana smokers a high.

Such testing could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, at $755 per quantitative analysis, not to mention $1.8 million in start-up expenses, state police have estimated.


Legal hemp, pot’s look-alike, creates confusion for police
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/legal-hemp-pots-look-alike-creates-confusion-for-police.html

** The only way to distinguish hemp and marijuana is by measuring their THC and officers don’t have the testing technology to do so on the spot.

** It’s an unanticipated hiccup for the rapidly growing hemp industry, which relies on interstate trucking to transport hemp from farms to processing labs.

** The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration put out a request for information on private companies that might have the technology for field tests sensitive enough to distinguish between hemp and marijuana.]