Trump’s ‘Hemp Ban’ Shut Down Backdoor Legal Weed — and the Pot Industry Is Howling

Federal workers, SNAP recipients and everyone planning to travel this holiday season are breathing a sigh of relief with the end of the government shutdown.

But the bill, which President Donald Trump signed late Wednesday, contains another, perhaps more important fix: It reverses the accidental, forced legalization of marijuana nationwide.

That change comes with bipartisan support, backed by a 72-vote majority in the Senate and with the endorsement of 39 state attorneys general.

It’s a much-needed correction for the states that had “farm-bill legalization” unwillingly thrust on them — and for the many kids who were unwittingly harmed as a result.

How did we end up here?

Continue reading the entire piece here at the New York Post

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Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor of City Journal.

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