Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

A provision tucked into the recent government funding bill could disrupt the sale of intoxicating, marijuanalike products that have proliferated across the Las Vegas Strip.

Many of the storefronts plastered with cannabis leaves don’t actually sell marijuana — they sell hemp-derived products. While hemp and marijuana come from the same plant species, hemp contains lower levels of THC, the psychoactive compound that produces a high.

The 2018 Farm Bill legalized hemp federally for industrial uses like rope and textiles, but it inadvertently created a regulatory loophole that allowed intoxicating hemp products to spread nationwide. Because the law defined hemp solely by THC concentration per weight, manufacturers found they could produ

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