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The FDA is making a major move in the shadows while the clock runs out on the hemp industry. A secret “CBD Enforcement Policy” was just sent to the White House for review, and the timing couldn’t be more suspicious. The agency has already blown a critical Congressional deadline to define which cannabinoids are actually legal, leaving thousands of businesses in the dark just as a massive federal ban looms for this November.
While the administration talks about “rescheduling” marijuana to Schedule III, they’ve already signed the death warrant for the hemp market. Hidden in the 2026 funding bill (H.R. 5371) is a “Total THC” rule that effectively outlaws 95% of current products—from delta-8 to full-spectrum CBD—by imposing a nearly impossible 0.4mg limit per container. This new FDA policy appears to be the final “enforcement” blow, turning a $28 billion market into contraband while the feds hide behind technicalities and missed deadlines.
The reality is a total bureaucratic bait-and-switch: one arm of the government is teasing a Medicare pilot to cover CBD for seniors, while the FDA is prepping an enforcement hammer to clear the shelves of those very same products. By the time the November 12th “Hemp Purge” hits, the “legal” market will be a memory, replaced by a strictly medicalized system that leaves independent farmers and small shops to rot. Read the original article.
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