BUFFALO, N.Y. — Popular THC drinks and edibles could soon disappear from store shelves.

Congress is moving forward with a plan to ban nearly all hemp-derived THC products, and it's a move that could change the cannabis industry nationwide. This proposal is part of a federal spending bill aiming to stop the sale of unregulated hemp-derived THC products such as edibles, beverages and gummies.

Lawmakers say it's about closing loopholes in the 2018 Farm Bill that allowed hemp-based THC products to grow into a multibillion-dollar industry.

Under federal law, hemp and marijuana come from the same cannabis plant but the key difference is how much THC they produce.

Marijuana has high levels of THC the chemical that causes a high. Hemp, on the other hand, has much lower levels of THC. For examp

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