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November 18th, 2025 President Trump has signed a spending bill that both ends the longest government shutdown in U.S. history and enacts a sweeping federal crackdown on hemp-derived THC products. The legislation, approved by the Senate in a 60–40 vote and by the House in a 222–209 vote, includes language redefining legal hemp in a way that will ban more than 95% of current hemp extract products, effectively dismantling the multi-billion-dollar industry that emerged after the

November 13th, 2025 | Written by NORML Washington, DC: Federal lawmakers have negotiated and finalized legislation to fund the US Department of Agriculture that includes amended provisions recriminalizing the sale of certain hemp-derived intoxicating products. The appropriations bill is one of three separate funding bills that were included in a package to reopen the government until January 30, 2026. The provisions – which were advocated by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), among