Hemp ban tucked into shutdown deal could upend Georgia businesses and lives

A last-minute deal to reopen the federal government is drawing new scrutiny, not for what it funds, but for what it quietly bans.Buried deep in the agreement is a provision that would make many hemp-derived products illegal, rolling back a major piece of the 2018 Farm Bill and threatening a fast-growing industry in Georgia. The ban wouldn't take effect for a year, but advocates say the damage could begin immediately.The Hemp Industries Association called the measure the potential "devastati