They (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America) in this instance are actually trying to save the cbd/hemp industry. NOT advocating for a ban. The ban has already passed and the deadline is this November, meaning growers are already struggling since they need to make planting decisions

They (WSWA) are proposing that the industry should instead be regulated similar to their own, and not banned outright.

I have no idea why they’re advocating for this tbh, but the industry will die without something happening urgently

Some background info-

Smokeable hemp products are bred to be very high in cbd with non-intoxicating/trivial amounts of thc. Basically you grind and smoke them like regular weed, but just receive the body relaxation and anti anxiety effects without much if any psychoactive effects. This has led to the product being legalized in many states where typical weed is not.

However there is a loophole that was figured out. Basically a certain type of thc precursor can legally be included, that converts into regular thc when heated to typical combination temperatures. So the end result is legal hemp being legally shipped across state lines that transforms into an illegal, intoxicating substance one second before people inhale it.

The issue is that the new regulations are so severe that they preclude the entire legal hemp industry, even ones who aren’t abusing the loophole, from selling their product at all. Many people have come to rely on hemp flower for the medicinal effects, but it’s very much a niche compared to the weed industry as a whole, so it’s not getting as much coverage as it should