State AGs say they are looking to close the “intoxicants loophole” from the 2018 Farm Bill that legalized hemp products across the U.S.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Attorney General Johnathan Skrmetti joined 20 other state AGs on Wednesday in asking the federal government to address the “vagueness” behind the 2018 Farm Bill as it is set to be renewed.
The law legalized hemp across the nation. However, in a letter to the House Committee on Agriculture chairman and multiple committee members, 21 state attorneys general argued that “bad actors” exploited the bill’s definition of hemp and hemp derivatives.
The letter comes as the original 2018 bill is set to expire and become reauthorized every five years.
“Regardless of your Committees’ intentions, the reality is that this law has unleashed on our states a flood of products that are nothing less than a more potent form of cannabis, often in candy form that is made attractive to youth and children—with staggering levels of potency, no regulation, no …