Thirty-five attorneys general urge Senate to let hemp ban take effect

Over half of the nation’s attorneys general sent a joint letter to the Senate and House appropriations committees on Tuesday, urging the upper chamber to back down from its efforts to delay the federal hemp ban that is set to go into effect in November.

On Monday, Senate Appropriations Committee leadership announced a bipartisan continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 11, in an attempt to stave off a government shutdown when funding lapses at the end of September. Included in that stopgap funding deal is a provision that extends the deadline for the federal hemp ban to take effect by about one month, from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11.