FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Congress wants to close a loophole that allowed many of the intoxicating hemp products to go unregulated for several years now, but Senator Rand Paul worries they're going too far.

"It will eradicate the hemp industry," Paul said. "There will be no more hemp industry. It'll completely eradicate it - all the CBD oil, all the hemp gummies, it'll be gone."

Paul said the issue is that some of these products have become "juiced up" to intoxicating levels of THC, and they're legally being sold with no real regulations. While marijuana remains illegal in many states, some of the intoxicating hemp products are easily accessible in wellness stores, online, and even at gas stations.

The lawmaker agrees that Congress should put limitations in place, but he wants to strike

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