Hidden in the recently passed Senate funding bill is a surprise provision that’s set to ban almost all hemp products from the consumer market. Legally, hemp is defined as cannabis with 0.3 percent or less THC content by dry weight. Hemp, on the other hand, has been something of a free-for-all, after the 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act legalized THC products derived from the low-potency substance. Republicans like Kentucky senator Mitch McConnell — who was “instrumental” in adding the hemp dictum — said it was a no-brainer. “I led the effort to legalize industrial hemp,” the 83 year old lawmaker muttered during the senate debate over the provision.