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Congress kills America's $2.8 billion hemp industry overnight

Thursday November 13, 2025. 03:33 PM , from BoingBoing
Congress kills America's $2.8 billion hemp industry overnight
The Senate has criminalized an industry that it legalized seven years ago. Buried in last week's government funding bill was language that will shut down America's $2.8 billion hemp market and eliminate over 300,000 jobs.
A quirk in the 2018 Farm Bill allowed manufacturers to create psychoactive gummies and drinks while staying technically legal. — Read the rest
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