BELLEVUE, Ky. (WXIX) - A group of Kentucky lawmakers has issued a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson that asks to remove language from the Fiscal Year 2026 Ag-FDA Appropriations Bill that would redefine legal hemp.

Senator Mitch McConnell said he wants to close a “loophole” that has allowed the sale of hemp-derived THC products.

Since 2018, hemp has been legal, but critics say that legalizing it entirely allows some manufacturers to yield THC, the psychoactive component in marijuana, from hemp.

An article published in the American Journal of Public Health states that the imprecise wording in the 2018 Farm Bill allows for THC sales that evade state and federal regulation.

Now, the legal definition might change, as current drafts of 2026’s Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Bill wou

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