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Pa.’s Attorney General Is Backing a Hemp Product Ban. The Industry Says It Goes Way Too Far.
The change could force many hemp THC products off store shelves and threaten more than 3,000 Minnesota jobs, industry research shows.
- Federal regulations scheduled for November 12 threaten the legal status of hemp-derived THC products, endangering Minnesota's $300 million industry that employs more than 3,000 people.
- Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky argued the 2018 Farm Bill created an unintended loophole legalizing intoxicating products. Law enforcement officials, including Pennsylvania's Republican Dave Sunday, support the crackdown to clarify legal standards and protect minors.
- Seven Virginia hemp businesses filed a lawsuit on July 31 to block state restrictions taking effect August 15. District Hemp Botanicals CEO Barbara Biddle argues the regulations will wipe out inventory and force some companies to close entirely.
- Rep. Angie Craig and Kentucky Rep. Andy Barr filed legislation last month to regulate hemp THC products like alcohol. The U.S. Senate is considering a stopgap funding bill that would delay the federal ban to December 11.
- Roughly half of the 120 breweries in the Minnesota Brewers Guild have entered the hemp THC business as beer sales remain below pre-pandemic levels. Many fear closure if the ban proceeds, forcing reliance on hemp revenue.
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Seven Hemp businesses ask a federal judge to block the law that limits THC to 2 milligrams per package, before it comes into effect on August 15 in Virginia.
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