A Senate-Approved Bill Would Ban the Hemp-Derived THC Products that Congress Legalized in 2018

Is This the End of Gas Station Weed?

The hemp industry was rocked this week when the federal government approved a bill that would effectively ban intoxicating hemp-derived products. Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, once hailed as a “hero” for championing hemp in his home state of Kentucky, tucked a provision into the spending package to end the government shutdown that would make Delta-8, CBD, and other cannabinoids extracted from hemp illegal under federal law as of Nove…

A Senate-approved bill would ban the hemp-derived THC products that Congress legalized in 2018

Forty states now allow medical use of marijuana, while 24, accounting for most of the U.S. population, also allow recreational use. Yet the federal ban on marijuana, first enacted in 1937, remains in place, which means state-licensed cannabis suppliers still face legal risks and financial burdens stemming from a policy that a large majority of Americans reject. But instead of addressing that increasingly untenable situation by repealing federal …

Hemp Industry Faces Threat of Recriminalization as Senate Moves to Ban Products

The U.S. Hemp Roundtable is warning that proposed language in the Senate could effectively criminalize hemp products nationwide, risking a devastating blow to the $28.4 billion industry and the livelihoods of more than 300,000 Americans.

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Congressional Deal Would Ban Many Hemp THC Products, While Excluding Provisions To Let VA Doctors Recommend Medical Marijuana

Newly released spending legislation negotiated by congressional leaders would federally recriminalize many hemp-derived products. It also excludes provisions previously passed by the House and Senate that would have allowed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to begin issuing medical marijuana recommendations to their patients. The new measure, if enacted into law, would ban certain hemp products that were legalized under the 2018 Farm B…

Letter to the Editor: The Senate Failed Hemp Farmers; The House Must Do Better.

Well folks… we were really hoping the Senate would listen. They passed a spending package that includes a provision devastating to the hemp industry—and now it’s headed to the House for a vote. As a veteran, small business owner, and father, I’ve seen this movie before. And I know how it ends for regular Americans caught in political crossfire. During the Obama-era shutdown, I was stationed in Germany making double-sided copies of new memorandum…