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WEBVTT rt SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S ALEXANDRASTONE IS LIVE WITH TONIGHT'S BIGSTORY.ALEXANDRA: SAYS SALES OF THETHE ATTORNEY GENERAL'Srt OFFICECONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CANNABIDIOL, COMMONLY REFERRED TOASrt CBD, COMPELLED THEM TO ISSUEA MEMO.BUT THE OWNER OF THIS CBDAMERICAN SHAMAN LOCATION SAYSTHEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHINGILLEGAL.LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER STORESrtSELLING CAN A VIDEO -- SELLINGCANNABIDIOLrt HEMP PRODUCTS OPENEDUP IN THE METRO NEBRASKA'S, ATTORNEY GENERAL SENDS AMESSAGE ABOUT THE BUSINESS.>>rt WE AGREE WITH THE ATTORNEYGENERAL'S OPINION.ALEXANDRA: THE NEBRASKA ATTORNEYGENERAL SENT THIS MEMO TO LAWENFORCEMENT AND COUNTY ATTORNEYSrt.IT SAYS IN PART, "TO DATE NODRUG PRODUCTS CONTAININGCANNABIDIOL HAVE RECEIVED FDAAPPROVAL.THEREFORE CANNABIDIOL OR ANYPRODUCT CONTAINING CANNABIDIOLOBTAINED BY ANY MEANS OTHER THANTHE AUTHORIZED UNMC STUDY,rtREMAINS ILLEGAL TO POSSESS,MANUFACTURE, OR DISTRIBUTE.>> WE AGREE THAT THE STATUTEWOULD INCLUDE CBD'S SOTECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE UNDER ArtVIOLATION OF POSSESSION OFMARIJUANA.ALEXANDRA: BUT DONALD ANDERSONOWNER OF THE CBD AMERICAN SHAMANLOCATION AT 20TH AND P SAYSTHATS NOT WHAT HE SELLS.>>rt THEY ARE CLASSIFYING WHAT I'MSELLING AS A MARIJUANA PRODUCTWHICH IT IS NOT.,rtIT IS AN INDUSTRIAL HEMPPRODUCT.ALEXANDRA: ANDERSON SAYS HEMPPRODUCTS AND CANNABIDIOL FROMTHE HEMP PLANT ARE LEGAL AS LONGASrt THE THC IS LESS THAN 3%.HE ALSO ARGUES IF HIS PRODUCTSARE ILLEGAL, SO ARE MANY OTHERCOSMETIC AND FOOD ITEMS SOLDrtAROUND THE COUNTRY.>> WALMARTS, TARGETS.THEY HAVE HEMP SEED OIL ANDINDUSTRIAL HEMP, THE SAME THINGTHAT IS IN MY PRODUCT, IN THEIRrtPRODUCTS AND THESE ARE SOLD, NATIONWIDE IN MAJOR CHAINSTORES.ALEXANDRA:rt THE MEMO MENTIONS AFOUR YEAR STUDY OF CBD THATSHAPPENIErtNG RIGHT NOW AT UNMC BUTTHE UNIVERSITY DECLINED TOCOMMENT.NOW THE MEMO SAYS LAWENFORCEMENT AGENICES SHOULD

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Less than two weeks after stores started selling cannabidiol hemp products in the Omaha metro, Nebraska's Attorney General sent a memo to law enforcement and county attorneys about the products. The memo said in part "recent reports of potential sales of the controlled substance cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, compels the Nebraska Attorney General's Office, in conjunction with the Nebraska State Patrol, to issue the following clarification regarding legality of cannabidiol under Nebraksa law." It went on to reference several state statutes, and said "To date no drug products containing cannabidiol have received FDA approval. Therefore cannabidiol or any product containing cannabidiol, obtained by any means other than the authorized UNMC study, remains illegal to possess, manufacture, distribute." Douglas County Chief Deputy Attorney Brenda Beadle said their office agrees with the Attorney General's opinion."We agree that the statute would include CBDs, so technically it would be under a violation of possession of marijuana," Beadle said. However, Donald Anderson, owner of the new CBD American Shaman location at 20th and P, said there's a misunderstanding of what he sells. "They're classifying what I'm selling as a marijuana product, which it is not," Anderson said, "It is an industrial hemp product." Anderson said cannabidiol from the hemp plant is federally legal, so long as the THC is under .3%. He also said if his products are illegal, so are many other cosmetic and food items containing hemp, which are sold around the country.Attorneys for CBD American Shaman, which owns locations across several states, responded to the Attorney General with a letter that said in part, "It has come to our attention that a letter from your office has prematurely and wrongly determined that my client’s products are illegal in your State." It continued: "The CBD American Shaman Store does not sell Marjiuana as defined by the state statutes or regulations. Nor do they advertise, suggest, or tell customers that they do so. They do not warrant, advertise or suggest that their products are medicinal hemp extract as authorized under the Statutes, or that they are one of any State licensed facilities to sell hemp extract or qualify under 28-463-468 as medicinal cannabidiol under the State licensed University study."