“Senator Klobuchar voted against the hemp provision because she thought it would hurt the state’s small businesses.”
Minnesota’s booming industry of intoxicating products made by hemp, including beverages and gummies, is reeling from the ban on their products that is making its way through Congress in a bill that would reopen the federal government.
The bill gives the industry 365 days before all products that contain more than 0.4 milligrams of THC—a trace amount—are outlawed. Christopher Lackner, president of the Hemp Beverages Alliance, is hoping that gives the industry time to lobby against the provision, which he called “arbitrary” and “punitive.”
He said he’s betting on “a pushback from consumers, suppliers and distributors and everyone else in the supply chain” that will be impacted by the impending ban on hemp-produced THC-infused products.
“Our hope as an industry is that Congress will come back and meet with all of the stakeholders and build a federal framework for hemp beverages that works,” Lackner said.
The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp by removing it from the federal definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and treating it as an agricultural commodity. It also opened the door to the production
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