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The great Farm Bill bait and switch: the cartel trying to kill hemp-derived THC

Lou Rinaldi (courtesy photo)

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There’s a strange irony playing out in Washington, D.C.

Even as major alcohol corporations such as the Boston Beer Company and retail giants including Target and Circle K bet heavily on hemp-derived THC beverages, a coordinated political effort is underway to ban the very products they’re rushing to sell.

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In Washington, D.C., a loophole in federal law exploited by an anti-cannabis Maryland congressman is being used to crack down on small, local hemp shops.

Simultaneously, after a redefinition of hemp under federal law was thwarted at the last minute over the summer, rumors of a federal spending bill that would kill the industry

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