COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate agree there need to be regulations that prevent children from buying intoxicating hemp products, but there was no movement last week on legislation that would regulate those products.

DeWine recently announced a 90-day executive order that bans the sale of intoxicating hemp products starting Oct. 14. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Judge Carl Aveni then granted a 14-day temporary restraining order on DeWine's action, with the next hearing in the case scheduled for Oct. 28.

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, said the 14-day pause on DeWine's hemp ban does not give legislators urgency to pass legislation that would regulate these products.

"I think that the governor issuing the order may have j

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