Hemp interests celebrated Monday after the latest Republican-led effort to dismantle federal protections for hemp-derived THC products unraveled in the U.S. Senate late last week.
However, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed that an ongoing quest to close a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill and criminalize intoxicating hemp products isn’t over yet.
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Since June, House and Senate Republicans have pushed language that would have redefined hemp under federal law to outlaw most products containing hemp-derived THC.
It’s the culmination of prior, bipartisan recognition that the Farm Bill wasn’t intended to unleash a host of intoxicating hemp-derived products across the country, including hemp-derived THC drinks, gummies and THCA flower.
Push to close hemp-derived THC loophole
In response, the version of the fiscal
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