SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - With congressional lawmakers focusing largely on reopening the government, policies are passing through unnoticed.

This includes one piece of legislation that would all but eliminate the hemp industry.

“There’s no good way to cut it; it was bad news for the industry,” John Peterson, Owner of Dakota Hemp, said.

The $26 billion hemp industry is now left scrambling.

“I guess that’s what they’re proposing; we never thought that hemp would end up being in the bill that would reopen the government on this. But part of that was putting in that limit of 0.4 Milligrams per container,” Peterson said.

0.4 Milligrams essentially bans THC drinks and edibles, which at least have 2 milligrams per container.

“Any ban in the hemp industry can trickle down to all

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