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Pet cannabis raises questions about hemp's legality in Florida

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/16/2015 - 08:00

Joy Drawdy has an emergency arrest plan.

If the police come, she’ll call her lawyer. She’ll send her friend to care for her store. She’ll have her partner care for her cats, dogs and chickens.

But she hasn’t had to use it — yet.

Drawdy, 45, and her partner, Kat, own Earth Pets, a Gainesville pet store that not only sells soy dog collars and organic pet treats, but it also shelters homeless kittens in a community kitten therapy room.

But the emergency arrest plan is for a product she sells, called CannaVet, formerly known as Canna Companion during the summer.

CannaVet is an herbal supplement for pets with problems like anxiety, seizures and allergies. The problem lies in its main ingredient: hemp.

Hemp is from the cannabis plant, a variation of which is the marijuana smoked recreationally, medically and illegally nationwide. Hemp is used for industrial purposes like rope;...

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