Dozens of Kentucky hemp farmers are urging Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell not to “criminalize” the sale of products containing hemp-derived cannabinoids.
A letter from 58 hemp farmers in the state sent to McConnell on Monday requests an in-person meeting and warns of “immediate and catastrophic consequences” if legal hemp products are redefined under federal law as the senator has proposed, according to Louisville Public Media.
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Tensions between McConnell, who played a key role in the initial legalization of hemp with the 2018 Farm Bill, and the hemp industry flared in July.
That was when McConnell added language to an agriculture spending bill that critics, including fellow Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, claimed would severely harm the industry.
McConnell proposed directing federal regulators
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