When President Donald Trump signed a spending bill Tuesday night to reopen the federal government, he also signed a broad ban on hemp products into law.

As Congress hurried to end the government shutdown, lawmakers OK’d a provision that prohibits the sale of hemp products with more than just trace levels of THC.

Supporters of the ban say it closes a loophole created in 2018 when lawmakers authorized the sale of hemp. They say that some hemp products now on the market act similarly to marijuana but don’t face the same regulation.

Hemp business and consumers, though, say a broad ban would eliminate access to many products that are not psychedelic and could decimate a billion-dollar market and thousands of jobs.

Florida businesses won’t begin to see effects of the law until it’s implement

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