In November 2025, a provision buried in a federal funding bill redefined hemp and set a 0.4 mg total THC cap so low it would eliminate most legal hemp products in America — not regulate them, eliminate them. Roughly 1 in 7 American adults uses CBD or hemp products, per national survey data. In North Carolina alone, the legal hemp industry supports more than 16,000 jobs, 2,197 local storefronts, and $4.4 billion in economic impact, verified by an independent Whitney Economics study — and every state with a legal hemp industry has its own version of those numbers.

This month, the U.S. Senate voted 90–6 to keep a short extension alive — and voted down an attempt to kill it, 61–32, across party lines. That extension moves the deadline to December 11, 2026. It is not a solution. It is a window.

We're asking Congress to use it: pass comprehensive federal hemp regulation before the deadline. Real rules that protect consumers and preserve a legal American industry:

• 21+ age restrictions for intoxicating hemp products, enforced nationwide
• Independent product testing and federal safety standards
• Honest labeling — clear contents, clear dosing, on every product
• Licensing and accountability for manufacturers and retailers
• Real enforcement against bad actors — instead of erasing the responsible businesses alongside them

Bipartisan regulatory frameworks already exist in Congress. What's missing is the urgency. December 11 supplies it.

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Regulate it. Don't eliminate it. Then make it federal law.