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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 659<\/a> and 660<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapters 744<\/a> and 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84070,"section_number":"18.2-247","catch_line":"Use of terms \"controlled substances,\" \"marijuana,\" \"Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI,\" \"imitation controlled substance,\" and \"counterfeit controlled substance\" in Title 18.2","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-247\/"},{"id":79195,"section_number":"3.2-4112","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4112\/"},{"id":66127,"section_number":"3.2-4116","catch_line":"Registration conditions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4116\/"},{"id":87058,"section_number":"3.2-5100","catch_line":"Duties of Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-5100\/"},{"id":64137,"section_number":"4.1-1602","catch_line":"Permit to operate pharmaceutical processor or cannabis dispensing facility","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-1602\/"},{"id":71934,"section_number":"4.1-600","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/4.1-600\/"},{"id":59669,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3401\/"},{"id":82977,"section_number":"59.1-200","catch_line":"Prohibited practices","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-200\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79195,"section_number":"3.2-4112","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/3.2-4112\/"},{"id":59669,"section_number":"54.1-3401","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/54.1-3401\/"}],"permalink":{"id":197327,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81195,"identifier":"3.2-5145.1","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/5\/3.2-5145.1","url":"\/3.2-5145.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5145.1\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/51\/5\/3.2-5145.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5145.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Food<\/span>” means any article that is intended for human consumption and introduction into commerce, whether the article is simple, mixed, or compound, and all substances or ingredients used in the preparation thereof. “Food<\/span>” does not mean drug as defined in \u00a7 54.1-3401<\/a>.\n\t\t“Industrial hemp” means a Cannabis sativa plant that has a concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is no greater than that allowed by federal law<\/span>.\n\t\t“Industrial hemp extract<\/span>” means an extract (i) of industrial hemp, (ii) that is intended for human consumption, and (iii) except as otherwise provided in subsection M of \u00a7 54.1-3442.6, when offered for retail sale, that (a) contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> concentration that is no greater than 0.3 percent and (b) contains either no more than two milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> per package or an amount of cannabidiol that is no less than 25 times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span> per package. “Industrial hemp extract<\/span>” is not a hemp seed-derived ingredient that is approved by the U.S. Food<\/span> and Drug Administration or is the subject of a generally recognized as safe notice for which the U.S. Food<\/span> and Drug Administration had no questions.\n\t\t“Tetrahydrocannabinol” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 3.2-4112<\/a>.\n\t\t“Total tetrahydrocannabinol<\/span>” means the same as that term is defined in \u00a7 3.2-4112<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 3.2-5145.1)\n\nAs used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Food” means any article that is intended for human consumption\nand introduction into commerce, whether the article is simple, mixed, or\ncompound, and all substances or ingredients used in the preparation thereof.\n“Food” does not mean drug as defined in \u00a7 54.1-3401.\n\t\t“Industrial hemp” means a Cannabis sativa plant that has a\nconcentration of tetrahydrocannabinol that is no greater than that allowed by\nfederal law.\n\t\t“Industrial hemp extract” means an extract (i) of industrial hemp,\n(ii) that is intended for human consumption, and (iii) except as otherwise\nprovided in subsection M of \u00a7 54.1-3442.6, when offered for retail sale, that\n(a) contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that is no greater than\n0.3 percent and (b) contains either no more than two milligrams of total\ntetrahydrocannabinol per package or an amount of cannabidiol that is no less\nthan 25 times greater than the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol per package.\n“Industrial hemp extract” is not a hemp seed-derived ingredient that\nis approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or is the subject of a\ngenerally recognized as safe notice for which the U.S. Food and Drug\nAdministration had no questions.\n\t\t“Tetrahydrocannabinol” means the same as that term is defined in\n\u00a7 3.2-4112.\n\t\t“Total tetrahydrocannabinol” means the same as that term is\ndefined in \u00a7 3.2-4112.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 659, 660; 2023, cc. 744, 794.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}