More than five years after proposing the idea, the Drug Enforcement Agency next month will implement use of a new administrative code for cannabis extracts, unnerving some advocates for the hemp industry and the lawful use of cannabidiol, a compound found in cannabis plants that appears useful in treating epilepsy.

Some cannabis advocates see the new code as a backdoor attempt to stretch the definition of marijuana, a federally illegal Schedule I drug, to cover products that are lawfully imported or produced domestically from plants with low amounts of the high-inducing compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

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