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Sen. Mitch McConnell helped push a nationwide ban on all edible and drinkable hemp products taking effect in 99 days.
Sen. Mitch McConnell helped champion a new federal law that will ban all edible and drinkable hemp products across the country in 99 days. The legislation reclassifies any hemp-derived THC products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of THC as schedule one narcotics, placing them in the same federal category as heroin. This ban impacts products such as gummies and hemp drinks, including those sold by local companies like Cornbread Hemp. The new regulation threatens jobs at Cornbread Hemp and other similar businesses nationwide. The ban was pushed through Congress by Sen. Mitch McConnell prior to his recent hospitalization.