How Hemp Becomes Psychoactive Drugs
How Hemp Becomes Psychoactive Drugs by Robert Korczynski Author of The Best Little Medical Marijuana Handbook . On May 1, 2026, the DEA officially assigned hexahydrocannabinol (HHC) its own Schedule I drug code (7220), a move targeting the states with illegal marijuana where Delta 8 THC products were popular but had been made illegal. Marijuana Movement 's article on the subject claimed that you can hydrogenate CBD into HHC, when what is really happening is that they are taking the precursor to both CBD and THC called cannabigerol or CBG and turning it into Delta 8 THC. This allows them to bypass the laws in states that still have illegal marijuana which has the main psychoactive ingredient of Delta 9 THC. Then, when the laws focused on Delta 8 THC, they hydrogenated it and made HHC. The 2018 Hemp Farm Bill sounded like it was going to be for growing hemp for fiber and hemp seeds for food, but no one has grown any of that kind of hemp in the United States, so we are still im...