Bipartisan Bill To Save Hemp Industry From Renewed Federal Criminalization Could Be Filed This Week, Rand Paul Says

Bipartisan Bill To Save Hemp Industry From Renewed Federal Criminalization Could Be Filed This Week, Rand Paul Says

A Republican senator said he expects bipartisan legislation to be introduced in Congress this week to avert what he called the “disaster” of the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products that is set to be enacted later this year. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said in an online town hall meeting he hosted on Tuesday that hemp has “become a multi-billion-dollar industry” since products with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a drug-weight basis wer…

U.S. Senator Rand Paul Introduces Bill to Block Federal Hemp Ban, Preserve State Authority

The Marijuana Herald - Marijuana news and information U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) says he has introduced the Hemp Safety Enforcement Act, a proposal designed to stop what he calls a federal move toward banning most hemp products while keeping authority in the hands of states. In a series of social media posts published Friday, Paul said Congress’s “last-minute revival of hemp prohibition,” included in last year’s continuing appropriations act,…