Hemp producers and sellers in Colorado and around the country are stunned by a provision included in the bill to reopen the government that puts strict limits on the amount of THC in hemp-based products.

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Set to go into effect in another year, the federal government will ban hemp or CBD products with a THC content of greater than 0.4 milligrams.

Colorado already has limits on THC, passed in 2022, but many states do not, including many that do not have legalized marijuana.

"You could go to a place like Wisconsin and buy products that have 10 or 20 milligrams of THC on their liquor store shelves or in a grocery store," said

Shannon Donnelly, an adjunct professor of cannabis at the MSU Denver School of Hospitality.

It was legal because of a loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill that

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