Hemp advocates gathered outside Senator Mitch McConnell's Lexington office on Friday afternoon to protest a new federal provision that they believe will essentially kill the hemp industry in the United States.

The ban, included in Congress's bill to reopen the federal government, outlaws hemp products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per container.

According to the Journal of Cannabis Research, a single hemp gummy typically contains 2.5 to 10 milligrams of THC.

"It's literally going to ban all of our products," said Dee Dee Taylor with the Kentucky Hemp Association.

Taylor explained that the new 0.4 milligram threshold will eliminate 95% of all hemp-derived products, effectively destroying the $28 billion industry.

"It's not right and it's not fair," Taylor said.

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