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Congress kills America’s $2.8 billion hemp industry overnight

Ellsworth Toohey
Nov 13, 2025
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The Senate has criminalized an industry that it legalized seven years ago. Buried in last week’s government funding bill was language that will shut down America’s $2.8 billion hemp market and eliminate over 300,000 jobs.

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