The hemp industry is not backing down after Congress included language to ban it as part of a minibus to end the government shutdown this week.

As congressional Republicans galvanized enough Democrats to push through a continuing resolution and three minibuses to end the government shutdown, President Donald Trump signed the bill that included a small provision that would ban about 95% of all hemp products in the United States.

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