The DEA clarified that the amount of THC is what they consider to be the distinguishing factor between hemp and marijuana, and issued a memo to other federal agencies suggesting that they use the same standards. As far as I know, the only real results of the memo are people online saying that now seeds and clones are fully legal. None of the federal agencies that would be impacted have updated their regulations, no laws have changed on the federal level. If someone is caught sending clones through the mail, the potential penalties will be the same as before the memo. Granted, that doesnât stop people, but all this noise about it being fully legal now is just that - noise.
And yeah, as you said, doesnât change homegrown at all. Local jurisdictions havenât changed the laws, and local police will be just as happy to bust a growerâs head open to prove that they can. Property seizure laws are just as lax as ever, and weâre still considered guilty until proven innocent as far as everything we own being considered proceeds of crime.
Sorry again for the hijack, @Jasper. I just wouldnât want anyone to believe growing is perfectly safe based on whatever wrangling is going on at the federal level. Today, itâs still a patchwork of badly-written laws, aimed largely at profitability, and whatâs legal in one state might well be a felony in the next.