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Utah’s first set of proposed rules for medical marijuana regulates production and distribution of industrial hemp

The first of three sets of draft rules for how the state would govern medical marijuana cultivation and distribution in Utah for terminally ill patients was inadvertently released Friday, outlining how the state would regulate the production, labeling and sale of industrial hemp.

The rules were released in conjunction with a set of “right to try” laws this past legislative session. The law allows terminally ill patients to use the federally illegal plant and allows for state-run medical marijuana dispensaries. The state Department of Agriculture and Food will release three sets of laws to regulate industrial hemp, CBD oil and medical marijuana.