Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is cautioning that the cannabis policy movement has “swung hard on the prohibitionist side” amid the ongoing debate over intoxicating hemp products. And he worries that, if things go awry, the hemp market could be decimated “within the next two weeks.”
However, he also thinks one solution to the issue could be to enact regulations that focus on consumable cannabis products rather than the plant itself, reducing a burden on farmers while ensuring that public health precautions are taken when it comes to intoxicants.
In an interview with The Dales Report on Wednesday, the GOP senator was asked about the status of negotiations over legislation concerning THC hemp products, which some members such as Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have proposed to ban.
There was a sense within the industry that Paul’s role in stripping the ban language from the Senate’s agriculture spending bill meant the market would be at least temporarily protected from such a policy change—but Paul warned that there’s still a possibility it could make it into the final appropriations legislation following a conference with the House, despite the fact that the chamber’s own version hasn’t advanced on the floor yet.
Paul said that
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