A pair of Republican lawmakers took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to urge their colleagues not to delay the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products that is currently scheduled for November.
Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) said the widespread availability of intoxicating hemp products in states across the country is a “public health crisis” that threatens the lives of children, harms the workforce and undermines military readiness.
“The intoxicating hemp industry wants to make a cheap dollar,” the senator said. “I am appalled at the well-oiled, slick lobbying machine, which is very well connected in this town, by the way, that has chosen to wage this surreptitious war against our efforts to protect American children.”
Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that President Donald Trump signed during his first term in office. But late last year, the president signed new legislation containing provisions that will redefine hemp to make it so only products with 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container will remain legal after November 12.
Leaders of the Senate Appropriations Committee recently released the text of a continuing resolution to extend funding for
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