Is US Hemp Policy Heading For Farm Bill, Act III?
Executive Summary
It could take next farm bill, on lawmakers’ 2023 to-do list, to extinguish inferno of disagreement between FDA and regulated industries over lawful use of hemp-based ingredients in supplements as well as food and non-drug topicals. Before 2018 bill de-scheduled hemp, 2014 bill expanded access to hemp for research.
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