11/12/2026
One month from today, my entire industry could be made completely illegal. That is 400,000 jobs across the US. That's roughly 45,000,000 Americans who will no longer have access to their now commonly accessible medicine.
Why is this happening?
Well long story short, Mitch McConnell. Just before his mind left his body he took the time to update verbiage surrounding the 2018 Farm Bill, a bill he helped pen that relegalized the farming of h**p for commercial production. Now years later he slipped updated verbiage into the "Big Beautiful Bill," just before our government ended it's longest shutdown in its history. This verbiage recriminalizes h**p derived THC as well as other natural cannabinoids and would be completely devastating to the whole industry.
Why are they doing this?
Their claim is for public safety. They believe that kids are acquiring these products from retail stores, rather than from their parents in one way or another. Interestingly enough, instead of properly regulating these products and pursuing the actual bad actors who create the public safety risks, they would prefer to once again institute a prohabition against a plant and further push people back into the black market for their medicine. This opens the door to a wide variety of dangers and potential legal troubles all for wanting relief.
What's the truth?
In reality at least 50% or more of the clientele I see in my store are 65+ and the mass majority of people are in need of assistance with sleep or relief from pain. Other store owners/managers I've talked to have similar experiences and clinetele. Further, did you know that 65+ is the fastest growing demographic of h**p users? So the truth is they won't be helping the youth as they feel they are, but rather will be hurting people our elderly most.
What can you do about it?
Contact your representative and tell them you support h**p. Check the website I'll have pinned in the comments. That can offer more insight and get you connected with resources to help. If nothing is done, we could lose access for millions of Americans. We need your help y'all and now is the time! ♥️🍂🫡
