Family Council is asking Arkansans to email U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, and politely ask them and their colleagues in the Senate to keep the hemp loophole closed in federal law.
You can email Sen. Boozman here.
You can email Sen. Cotton here.
In 2018, Congress passed the federal Agriculture Improvement Act legalizing industrial hemp that is low in THC.
THC is the main psychoactive drug in marijuana, and health experts warn the drug poses serious risks. The goal of the 2018 law was to let farmers grow low-THC cannabis plants for use in textiles like rope or cloth, but manufacturers found ways to extract and refine the THC in industrial hemp. Doing this on a commercial scale meant they could produce a lot of THC to infuse into drinks, candies, e-cigarettes, and other products.
In 2025, Congress closed the loophole in the industrial hemp law, and Arkansas has been able to keep these dangerous drugs out of our state. Now some lobbyists for the hemp industry want to reopen the loophole.
That is why we are urging all of our friends across Arkansas to contact Senators Boozman and Cotton and politely ask them to keep the hemp loophole closed in federal law.
Public health reports across America have shown drugs like the ones made from hemp have sent kids to the emergency room and prompted parents to call poison control centers.
Last year, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission tested 51 samples of industrial hemp flowers as part of the commission’s “Operation Clean Leaf” initiative. All 51 samples contained more THC than federal law allowed, and authorities said the vast majority of hemp products were sold without proper age verification. Some were even tainted with dangerous pesticides.
As we have said for years, drugs made from hemp may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.
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