Customs Regulations of lthe United States, Official US Custom House Guide,
1987. Sec. 302.58--CR-360 Marijuana Statutory Provisions. Controlled
Substances Act, Food & Drug Admin. (1970) 21 USC 802-15

(a) Marihuana. The term 'marihuana' means all parts of the plant
Cannabis sativa (l.), whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin
extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture,
salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin;
BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE the mature stalks of such plant, fiber provided from
such stalks, oil or cake made from lthe seeds of such plant, any other
compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such
mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil or cake or
the sterilized seed of such plant, which is incapable of germination....

(The BUT SHALL NOT INCLUDE clause at the end is what makes sterile seeds,
cloth, rope, paper, oil, fiber, etc excluded from the definition of
marihuana. Any trace of THC in these parts would be irrelevant. How else
could American farmers have grown hemp commercially as late as 1957...20
years after the Federal Marhuana Tax Act of 1937? THC wasn't isolated and
identified until 1964. No statutory provision has been enacted since then
which reflects this fact. It's only the Federal Government (DEA) which
violates its own regulations by refusing to issue legal fiber hemp permits
to legitimate farmers.)

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