Hemp policy development challenges lawmakers

Hemp policy development challenges lawmakers

Illinois is currently in a battle over hemp regulations, like many other states are, in the absence of clarifying federal legislation. Governor JB Pritzker championed a

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that would eliminate much of the current hemp markets, simply based on the proposed THC limits, and the fact that the majority of products – including all intoxicating hemp products – would exceed those limits by a wide margin.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sits on the other side of the debate, to the relief of hemp operators. Whether Johnson was responsible for the bill’s demise this week is up for debate. Pritzker said the bill was set to fail anyway, illustrating the momentum that hemp markets have developed.

Pritzker criticized the Illinois House of Representatives for not bringing the bill to…

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