Tag: hemp seizure

YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP: The 0.03% Hemp Bust

Feature image for “You Can’t Make This Shit Up: The 0.03% Hemp Bust” showing sheriff’s deputies seizing a truckload of hemp while documents compare an incorrect 0.03% THC figure with the federal 0.3% legal hemp limit. The image also shows seized hemp evidence and a federal civil-rights lawsuit marked “Heading to Trial,” with the Pot Culture Magazine logo, PotCultureMagazine.com, and ©2026/ArtDept visible.

Andrew Smith says Tennessee officers seized 216 pounds of hemp after allegedly telling him the legal THC limit was 0.03 percent instead of 0.3 percent. His lawsuit claims officers ignored lab reports and relied on a roadside test that could not reliably distinguish legal hemp from marijuana. A federal court has now allowed part of the case to continue.

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YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS SHIT UP: Legal Thursday. Seized Monday

Feature image for “You Can’t Make This Shit Up: Legal Thursday. Seized Monday.” showing hemp paperwork, a certificate of analysis marked compliant, federal hemp law documents, and hemp flower being seized into an evidence bag despite legal-status paperwork. The image highlights the conflict between compliant hemp documentation and drug-war enforcement tools treating hemp like marijuana, with the Pot Culture Magazine logo, PotCultureMagazine.com

A federal judge allowed part of Hesham Alkhulaqi’s lawsuit against Madison County to continue after officers allegedly let his hemp inventory pass one traffic stop, then seized it four days later. The case challenges whether police training, drug-detection dogs and roadside field tests can reliably distinguish federally legal hemp from illegal marijuana.

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