Hemp Industry Faces Uncertainty Amid Federal THC Ban and Shutdown
TL;DR
The US Senate passed a funding bill that includes a provision to re-criminalize many hemp-derived products, including intoxicating ones like Delta-8, causing concern among hemp industry stakeholders about potential destruction of the legal hemp market, with debates centered around regulation and public safety.
- Federal THC ban send hemp companies scrambling The Hill
- The government shutdown may last longer because of a fight over hemp NBC News
- Congress Reopens the Government—and Reignites Prohibition Cato Institute
- Local hemp producers stunned as deal to reopen government attacks hemp MPR News
- Bill to end government shutdown would be "decimation" for Minnesota hemp THC businesses, breweries, lobbyist says CBS News
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