WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — The bill that ended the longest government shutdown in United States history had a lot of people celebrating, but it didn't just open the government back up; it also has a provision that could change the hemp industry in a big way by banning most hemp-derived THC products.

That bill has caused a lot of confusion for people, including Deidra Riggs and her cousin, Sheilah Belle, who was visiting her in West Hartford this week.

"So, I live here in Connecticut. You live in Virginia, and neither one of us had heard about this until right now," Riggs said.

She thinks the federal government has bigger fish to fry than focusing on the hemp industry.

"Who has time to sit around and think about that? Are we not wanting to pay more attention to feeding people and keeping

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