Source: Patrick Cooley, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 10/22/20


April Curatti invested thousands of dollars into a plot of hemp at her Marysville farm only to be told she couldn’t sell the crop after a test showed its THC levels were too high. “We know all the risks involved,” Curatti said, but she still described the experience as devastating. Her story isn’t uncommon as Ohio’s first hemp crops approach maturity. Under state and federal law, hemp must contain less than .3% of THC, or Tetrahydrocannabinol, the intoxicating ingredient in marijuana. Otherwise, the crops must be destroyed. 

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