Amid an intensifying debate on Capitol Hill whether to recriminalize hemp-derived THC products, federal lawmakers are receiving mixed messages from the alcohol industry.
A coalition of alcohol distributors urged lawmakers in a letter sent to Congressional leadership on Wednesday to regulate and tax intoxicating hemp products like alcohol.
That’s after representatives from some of the biggest alcohol lobbies in the country asked Congress to “immediately remove hemp-derived THC products from the marketplace until” federal rules are imposed.
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Government shutdown could end hemp-derived THC
Despite the record-long government shutdown, lobbyists and lawmakers in Washington are also weighing the future of intoxicating hemp-derived THC.
Many Republican lawmakers are pushing for a redefinition of hemp under federal law that critics say would ban most hemp-derived THC
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