The federal government is opening back up, and hemp-derived THC will become criminal contraband.
The spending package approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives late Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in history also includes language that will outlaw nearly all the estimated $28.3 billion U.S. hemp industry, industry advocates say.
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Wednesday’s vote is the culmination of a monthslong effort by Washington lawmakers to close the so-called “loophole” created by the 2018 Farm Bill that’s seen intoxicating hemp-derived THC products proliferate across the U.S.
Regulated cannabis companies, who view hemp as an unwelcome competitor playing by different rules, as well as alcohol lobbies and staunch anti-legalization advocates supported the ban.
The vote “closes the hemp loophole that has resulted in the spread
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