For months, hemp farmers in Kentucky and around the country have been sounding the alarm about new hemp regulations led by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. The regulations closed a loophole that allowed the sale of unregulated, intoxicating hemp-derived products nationwide.
"Companies have exploited a loophole in the 2018 legislation by taking legal amounts of THC from hemp and turning it into intoxicating substances," McConnell said in November. The provision, which takes effect in November, is meant to root out "bad actors," McConnell said.
Industrial hemp and CBD will remain legal for industrial applications, such as seed, stock, fiber and grain oil, according to McConnell. Jonathan Miller is the general counsel of the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, a national advocacy organization with offices in Washington and Kentucky.
"The problem is, he did root out bad actors, but he also rooted out good actors," said Miller. "They took a sledgehammer to where a precision laser was needed."
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