End of federal shutdown includes nationwide ban on hemp products that get people high

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In his proposed budget, he had counted on $10 million in tax revenue from some 1,900 locations that sell hemp in Chicago.
54% : The Cannabis Business Association of Illinois, whose state-licensed members must follow hundreds of pages of regulations including testing and labeling products for contaminants and potency had long sought to rein in hemp sales.
53% : " In Chicago, Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration had proposed setting standards for hemp manufacturing, contents, packaging, marketing, licensing and taxation.
53% : In September, Executive Director Tiffany Chappell Ingram repeated her call for strict regulation of hemp.
47% : "We're all about sensible regulation.
43% : The federal action comes after Illinois lawmakers, caught between the licensed cannabis industry, which favored a ban, and hemp businesses, which sought regulation, failed to act on the issue.
42% : Because of uncertainty over the federal legislation, the mayor's office removed the hemp revenue from the budget and was talking with aldermen to fill the tax gap.

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