PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A provision in the federal funding bill that reopened the government is raising concerns for Oregon’s growing hemp industry, as it reclassifies all cannabis products as Schedule I controlled substances.

The bill closed a loophole that made it legal to manufacture and sell products from parts of the cannabis plant known as hemp. Hemp businesses now face potential shutdown if the law does not change within the next year.

At Lazarus Naturals’ distribution center, workers package and ship more than 100 different products made with CBD and THC derived from hemp. The company has operated since 2014, producing CBD products ranging from capsules to tinctures and THC seltzers.

“When it did drop, it was a bit of a surprise, and it was disappointing,” said Dylan Summers, L

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