THC, Farm Bill
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Part of the Senate-passed government funding bill will see many THC-infused products banned, by tightening legislation in the 2018 Farm Bill.
Alcohol producers had pushed lawmakers to close a legal loophole that allowed companies to sell the intoxicating products.
When Congress passed a bill to end the record-long government shutdown, they included a ban that could lead to the removal of THC products.
A provision in the government funding bill that ended a record 43-day shutdown aims to clarify the definition of hemp and close a loophole that allowed the hemp-derived product industry to
Part of the recently passed Senate spending bill, intended to reopen the government, proposes a ban on the sale of many hemp-derived THC products by lowering the allowable THC limit to 0.4 milligrams.
Increasingly popular edibles, seltzers, pre-rolls and topicals -- targeted by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a bill ultimately vetoed -- will be illegal under federal law.
A provision in the federal government spending package could eliminate most hemp-derived THC products currently sold in Louisiana within a year.