State Rep. Andy Whitt (R-Harvest) believes the U.S. Senate made the right decision when they added a provision in the funding bill that bans some intoxicating hemp products.

The provision was part of the Senate’s agriculture/FDA funding package tied to continuing resolution that ended the government shutdown.

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) included language in the package that closes the “hemp loophole” created by the 2018 Farm Bill.

The legislation changes the definition of hemp from the previous Farm Bill language to preclude all but naturally occurring derivatives of hemp products with lower than 0.3% THC content by dry weight.

“The Senate’s vote to ban intoxicating hemp products mirrors the intent behind Alabama’s HB445, protecting our communities from unregulated and unsafe sub

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