Losing access — and losing hope. Congress must protect non-intoxicating hemp

Should Congress reverse course and leave hemp regulations to states? Editorial Board Roundtable

In 2018, guided by then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Farm Bill legalized hemp, a boon in Kentucky, Ohio and elsewhere, but it created a loophole allowing unregulated sales of intoxicating THC hemp gummy bears and similar products — the very problem Ohio legislators have recently been trying to fix via Senate Bill 56.

Losing access — and losing hope. Congress must protect non-intoxicating hemp

Congress has quietly inserted a provision into the spending bill that would ban the entire hemp industry, taking away a much-needed option for millions of Americans living with chronic pain and other serious health conditions.