Last week, eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus caved, voting to end the longest government shutdown in American history without securing an extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits from Republicans. Included in that spending bill to reopen the government was a provision added at the last-minute, with no ties to healthcare whatsoever: an effective ban on THC-infused hemp products, nationwide.

The new ban, authored by U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, looks to close a “loophole” in the 2018 Farm Bill, which until now has allowed for the sale of hemp products including low doses of THC across the country. McConnell was also the author behind the Farm Bill, but has long been a proponent of closing the THC loophole, arguing that it goes against the legislation’s o

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