Hemp ban makes it into funding bill: ‘Soon be banned nationwide’

Hemp Ban Slipped Into Funding Bill: “Soon Banned Nationwide”

Hemp-derived THC products could be on the chopping block as Senators make progress with a deal to end the government shutdown as it reaches its 41st day. The Senate made progress towards reopening the government late Sunday, as enough Democrats split from their caucus to join Republicans in voting 60-40 on an updated stopgap funding bill. The deal contained a continuing resolution to open the government through Jan. 30th and three full-year FY 2026 appropriations bills.

Hemp ban makes it into funding bill:

 ‘Soon be banned nationwide’

A sweeping and sudden insertion into the federal funding “minibus” has put American hemp-derived THC products squarely in the crosshairs—turning a formerly booming sector into a target of national prohibition. According to the language quietly embedded in the Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill, products made from hemp that contain intoxicating cannabinoids (such as delta-8 THC) would be banned across the country under the guise of regulation, while only non-intoxicating CBD and traditional industrial hemp remain legal. 

For farmers, small businesses, and a supply chain built since the 2018 Farm Bill, this is a full-scale threat: a $28 billion industry, thousands of jobs, and tax revenues that could vanish overnight. What may seem like a health-oriented move is, from another angle, a textbook example of policy by stealth—an industry reshaped not by debate, but by appropriation of the spending process and pressure from powerful interests such as alcohol lobbies, legacy agribusiness, and regulatory-trade coalitions that see hemp’s ascent as a challenge.

 Advocates warn this is not about safety alone—it’s about control: control of what can be sold, grown, and consumed in the very markets the law once liberated. And because it’s buried in a must-pass funding deal, the American public has little say in how the rule is decided or reversed.

 If enforcement begins as outlined, the ban could unfold region-by-region and state-by-state, creating a patchwork of prohibition that mirrors past drug-era measures—but this time launched in plain legislative daylight. The question remains: is this simply sensible policy, or a strategic dismantling of a sector that dared to disrupt entrenched interests?

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