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Local hemp businesses and farmers are planning on taking action to âfight backâ against recent law enforcement raids on hemp businesses selling a hemp-derived product known as Delta-8 THC. Crofton-based Kentucky Hemp Works Owner and Kentucky Department of Agriculture Hemp Program Manager Katie Moyer detailed what the hemp industry plans to do in response to recent raids on hemp stores selling the product. According to Moyer, Delta-8 THC is a cannabinoid derived from industrial hemp that contains less than 0.3% THC, the compound within the marijuana plant that has psychoactive effects. Any product that contains higher than 0.3% THC is considered Delta-9 THC, which is illegal at the federal level. Any cannabinoid that contains less than 0.3% is legal. ....