COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio brewers fear the state’s new ‘intoxicating’ hemp ban will kill the buzz of the booming THC‑infused drink industry.

While the drinks poured, brewery Urban Artifact's Scotty Hunter watched the clock tick.

"It's really impacted our business quite a bit more than I would have expected," Hunter said.

The Cincinnati business sells THC-infused beverages, drinks that have driven profits.

"We have improved our revenue by 30% two years in a row," he said. "We've added jobs."

But recent decisions by Ohio politicians are leaving him high and dry.

Well, just dry — not high.

"We saw about a 50% drop in our sales in the state of Ohio because of that executive order," he said.

In October, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a temporary ban on hemp that gets users high. The THC products

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