Amid all the attention on the government shutdown, the U.S. Senate quietly advanced language in the continuing resolution that would do something deeply harmful, and entirely unrelated to the shutdown: It would strip sick children, seniors, athletes and veterans of access to the non-intoxicating CBD products that many rely on to manage seizures, chronic pain, PTSD, traumatic brain injury symptoms, anxiety and sleeplessness.

The provision is being described as a measure to stop “intoxicating hemp” products such as delta-8 THC from being sold in gas stations and online. I strongly agree that synthetically altered products that mimic intoxication should absolutely be regulated or restricted. But this language goes much further than that. Its arbitrary thresholds would essentially ban non-int

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