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A recent federal ban on consumable hemp is believed to be driven by the "Big Bourbon" lobby.

The family of the St.Rains cannabis beverages CEO works in bourbon and hemp, two industries currently at odds.

It is possible for the bourbon and hemp industries to coexist and succeed.

Following last week’s federal legislation to ban all consumable hemp in the US — a $30 billion industry that employs hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country — many are pointing to Big Bourbon as the driving force behind this ban.

Snuck into must-pass legislation to reopen the government via Sen. Mitch McConnell, this ban has been met with significant and widespread backlash , deservedly so. And suddenly, strangely, it pits the two industries my family works in again

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