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Three In Four American Voters Want Hemp To Stay Legal, With Enhanced Regulations, Poll Finds
American voters across the political spectrum support legalizing consumer hemp products and enacting regulations to ensure public safety and prevent youth access, according to a new poll.
The McLaughlin & Associates survey, commissioned by the Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA), comes amid heightened debate in Congress and state legislatures across the country on how to navigate consumer hemp product laws, which were made federally legal under the 2018 Farm Bill signed into law by President Donald Trump in his first term.
Overall, 72 percent of respondents said they want to see hemp retain its legal status under federal law, with “new safety and licensing regulations.” Notably, Republicans were 77 percent in favor, compared to Democrats (71 percent) and independents (68 percent).
The question to voters did not ask about hemp being legal, so it’s unclear what percentage is falling back or being affected by the addition of new regulations. He asked, “Would you support or oppose a federal law to continue to allow the sale and possession of hemp-based consumer products with new safety and licensing regulations to protect children and adult consumers, including age restrictions for adult-only use, free school zones, and greater transparency such as clear health and warning labels.”
Given their generally popular regulatory policies, it is not surprising that strong majorities in both parties expressed support for a legal framework for the cultivation of cannabis.
When asked individually about specific regulatory proposals, 87 percent said they want child-friendly packaging, 86 percent want to limit sales to adults over 21, 81 percent said there should be marketing restrictions to prevent appeal to youth, and 71 percent said hemp products should not contain “unnatural psychoactive substances.”
The survey “shows strong support for passing federal legislation to continue to allow the sale and possession of hemp-based consumer products with new common-sense safety rules,” a survey release said.
Additionally, polls show that 55 percent of respondents who voted to keep hemp’s legal status would be more likely to support a political candidate with improved regulations. It includes 62% of Republicans, 53% of Democrats and 48% of independents.
“The hemp ban is a harmful government overreach, plain and simple,” HIFA Executive Director Brian Swensen said in a press release. “The desire to ban or regulate farmers and small business owners puts hundreds of thousands of jobs at risk, and Americans across the political spectrum.”
“After nearly a decade of law-abiding farmers and companies investing in this industry, changing the rules now would be a slap in the face,” he said. “Congress should think twice and work with the hemp industry to support common sense regulations instead of passing retroactive bans that penalize responsible operators.”
According to the survey, nearly half (47 percent) of voters have personally purchased hemp products or know someone who has.
Survey first notify On the part of the city council, there were interviews with 1,000 voters between October 1 and 5, with a margin of error of +/-3.1 points.
Last week, a major hemp industry organization sent a letter to Trump praising him for his role in legalizing the crop during his first term and banning hemp products by asking Congress to avoid “delaying” reform containing any amount of THC.
“As hemp growers, farmers, consumers and advocates, we are grateful and remain hopeful that your influence can save the $28.4 billion hemp industry you helped make possible,” the US Hemp Board said. “Your recent video sharing about the extraordinary value of hemp products was important in raising awareness of the positive impact of our products grown and manufactured in the United States.”
That was a reference to the president’s recent sharing of a video from The Commonwealth Project He touted the health benefits of hemp-derived CBD, especially for the elderly.
“Congress is close to passing a hemp ban, reversing the work you led to make hemp boom in 2018,” he said. “The proposed change in the definition of hemp, which says that Americans are protected, would eliminate 95 percent of this American industry that you are so proud of.”
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Lawmakers from both sides of Congress have raised similar concerns in a recent letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) pushing back against attempts to ban THC hemp products. That was argued by the members such a change in policy will “deal a fatal blow” to the industry. and, as currently contained in a spending bill, violates congressional rules. For this purpose, the members say that there is an intention to implement an alternative measure to regulate the market.
At the federal level, on the other hand The Senate eventually removed the hemp THC ban language from its version After a procedural protest from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) over the farm spending measure, there is still concern among stakeholders that it could end up in the final package sent to the president after bicameral negotiations.
Meanwhile, Democratic senators also sent a letter to the administration last month He warned of major upheavals in the hemp market If products containing any amount of THC were to be banned.
Dozens of Kentucky hemp farmers also recently petitioned senior U.S. Senator McConnell. he backtracked on his push to re-criminalize some crop-derived products.
Paul, for his part, recently noted this The cannabis policy movement has ‘pushed hard for prohibition’ amid controversy over intoxicating hemp products. And he worries that, if things go wrong, the hemp market could shrink in “the next couple of weeks.”
Asked about recent conversations with McConnell and Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD), Paul said “We have been working diligently” with the workers “trying to reach a compromise”.
“A lot of the conversations have been constructive. They say, at least on the surface, they don’t want to get rid of it, but I think we’re kind of talking past each other,” he said.
Meanwhile, Paul recently introduced a stand-alone bill that would go in the opposite direction of the hemp ban, proposing to triple the concentration of THC that the crop could legally containaddressing several other concerns expressed by industry about federal regulations.
The senator introduced legislation in June called the Hemp Economic Mobilization Plan (HEMP) Act. It reflects versions backed up in recent sessions.
Harris, who supported the ban on THC from hemp in the House version of the agriculture spending bill, told Marijuana Moment he wasn’t worried about potential opposition to the hemp ban in the Senate—and also discussed reports on the scope his legislation would do to the industry.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report in June stating this The legislation would “effectively” ban hemp-derived cannabinoid products. It initially said the ban would also prevent the sale of CBD, but the CRS report was updated to exclude that language for unclear reasons.
The hemp language is largely consistent with the appropriations and agriculture legislation that was introduced in the last Congress, but ultimately not enacted.
Hemp industry stakeholders opposed that proposal, an earlier version of which was also included in the subcommittee’s core bill last year. is Almost identical to a provision in the 2024 Farm Bill attached by a separate committee. last May through an amendment by Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL), which also did not become law.
Further evidence of the normalization of the hemp sector, retail giant Target recently soft started sales of THC-infused drinks in select stores in minnesota
Meanwhile, the US Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). recently entered into its first partnership with a hemp THC beverage companyWith a brand licensing deal that will support a variety of veterans services and promote cannabis-based beverages as a potential alternative to alcohol, the beverages will be available at VFW stands across the country.
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Marijuana Has ‘Horrific Health Risks’ And No Medical Value, Former Trump Attorney General Claims
A former US attorney general who served in President Donald Trump’s first term says marijuana poses “tremendous health risks,” has no medical value and should not be rescheduled under federal law.
“Marijuana redistricting would create a false impression that it is safe, reduce penalties for illegally selling the drug, and provide a large tax windfall to those who legally supply it,” William Barr wrote in a Wednesday op-ed for The Washington Post, Kevin Sabet, CEO of the prohibitionist organization Smart Approaches to Marijuana. “That would be a disaster.”
The opinion comes as the Trump administration moves forward with cannabis reregulation.
According to an order issued in April by US Attorney General Todd Blanche, Marijuana products regulated by a state medical cannabis license were immediately changed from Schedule I As did marijuana products approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).
an administrator The hearing is looking at the broader rescheduling of marijuanawith The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been tasked with advocating for cannabis reform highlighting the testimony about the medical benefits of marijuana and its relative safety compared to other substances such as alcohol and opioids. It included appearances by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientist and a doctor from New Hampshire. Medical marijuana provides relief to pain patients and can serve as an alternative to opioids.
But Sabet and Barr, who served as Trump’s attorney general from 2019-2020, argued that “the evidence presented at the hearing did not support the rescheduling of marijuana” and instead “confirmed what decades of data have shown: raw marijuana has no scientifically established medical value and is highly susceptible to abuse.”
After the parties to the hearing have filed termination rights, the DEA administrative law judge overseeing the proceedings will make a recommendation regarding rescheduling, and the agency administrator will make a final decision.
DEA Administrator Terrance Cole only organizations and individuals opposed to marijuana reform have been invited to the hearing as a designated participant – telling supporters that they do not meet the definition of “interested person” to participate because they have not been “affected or prejudiced by any rule or proposed rule that may be issued.”
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The former attorney general’s new opinion says “the stakes couldn’t be higher”, arguing that “marijuana today is more dangerous than ever” and that it is “addictive”, throwing out a list of alleged harm to mental and physical health.
“These unhealthy effects are a predictable result of a powerful and addictive drug being normalized, commercialized and marketed as a medicine,” Barr and Sabet say. “It would be one thing if marijuana had medical value. But there is no credible evidence that marijuana is an effective treatment for any medical condition, despite the millions of dollars spent trying to prove otherwise.”
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a 252 analysis in 2023 that concluded that marijuana had accepted medical value and should be rescheduled.
The new opposition piece also says that “rescheduling would unlock enormous revenue for the corporate marijuana industry by bringing it into a category that has not been covered by a longstanding reduction in federal drug tax deductions,” referring to a law known as 280E, which repeals Sections I and II.
“This, in turn, would allow the industry to spend even more on advertising and marketing to young people,” Barr and Sabet. he wroteArguing that “those who would lose this dragon in society are laying the foundations for another Big Tobacco”.
The Sabet organization, SAM, is one of several parties Challenging the Marijuana Redistricting Process which have been upheld by a federal Court of Appeals. those separate parts State attorneys general have filed lawsuits against cannabis reform, Opponents of marijuana legalization and a a cannabis-based biopharmaceutical corporation.
SAM’s lawsuit was signed by attorneys at Torridon Law PLLC, where Barr is a partner.
The team announced in January that it was Hiring Barr’s firm to fight cannabis rescheduling After Trump signed an executive order directing officials to quickly complete the process.
During the first Trump administration, Barr was accused by a Justice Department official Directing improper anti-company investigations into multiple cannabis company mergers– Accounting for almost a third of the division’s cases in 2019.
Several Democratic members of Congress introduced a resolution calling for an investigation into Barr’s possible impeachment, saying “abused the power of his office” to improperly investigate marijuana businesses while engaging in other allegedly illegal conduct.
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When growers pull out two LED fixtures side by side, the first number they usually discuss is percent red. This is an easy specification to fix. They are efficient at producing red photons and incredibly efficient at photosynthesis, and cannabis eats away at the flower. So more red must be better, right?
Not so simple. Red is an input to a spectrum, and the spectrum is an input to a room. There is no single spectrum that wins everywhere. An indoor room pushes hard, a greenhouse that soaks up sunlight, a temperamental cultivar, and aggressive yields call for something different. Knowing what each light strip actually does allows you to choose a tool that fits your grow instead of one that just has a big number on the sales page.
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Blue: structure
Blue (approximately 400-500 nm) gives shape to the plant. It maintains dense growth, strong stems, tight internodes and allows it to develop as desired. It also encourages stomatal opening, so the plant manages water and gas exchange better. Get blue and you’ve built a plant that can carry heavy flowers with no problem.
Green: access
Green was eliminated as the wavelength is “reflected” by plants. It turns out that it does a real job. Blue and red are absorbed above; the green goes deep into the fat and reaches the leaves that are never touched by the above photons. In a compact room, it’s the difference between plants photosynthesising from the top down and those that work only from the top. Green won’t replace your red or blue, but it does carry usable light where they can’t reach.
Red: engine
Red is the horse of the flower. It absorbs as efficiently as anything in the spectrum, and is responsible for most of the biomass you’re after. Redder generally means faster flower development, more weight and better efficiency per watt.
But red has a ceiling, and it’s tied to what you run. Push PPFD upwards with a heavy red spectrum and some cultivars begin to whiten at the top: the flower should be dense with pale, washed tips. Genetics, intensity, barrel temperature and your general environment all feed into it. If you’re using aggressive light levels, a lower red spectrum will buy you room before that becomes a problem, leaving you almost no photosynthetic punch to get it.
Far Red: More than Emerson
Far-red (700-750 nm) appears in more devices every year. It contributes little to photosynthesis on its own, but it moves plant morphology and works with red through the Emerson Enhancement Effect. Used properly, it helps to deepen the light, encourage uniformity of the canopy and encourage the response of the bloom. The key word is small. A touch of far red rounds out a spectrum; he’s not there to make a show.
Matching the red percentage with the room
Cannabis addresses the entire spectrum, not a line on a spec sheet. Reds cause flowers, but blues, greens and crimsons give the plant something it needs. Where you land in red refers to how you grow.
A lower red spectrum (30-40%) captures more blue and green, gives you better morphology, reduces the risk of photobleaching, and holds up when you’re running extreme PPFD. Moderate spectrum (40-55%) is the sweet spot in commercial greenhouses: strong photosynthetic efficiency, strong flowering, balanced growth. A high-red spectrum (70%+) makes the most sense in a greenhouse, where the sun is already giving you lots of blue and green and your supplemental light can cast effective red to fill the gap.
Where does the ETS MAX series fit in?
This is the thinking behind the JumpLights ETS MAX series. Instead of forcing a spectrum into each room, it rarely comes up because a greenhouse and a high PPFD indoor flower room are not the same problem.
- ETS MAX 4C41% red: for indoor rooms operating at very high intensity, where photobleaching is a real risk. The wider, red bottom balance allows you to push the tops without overcooking them
- ETS MAX 4A48% red: balanced internal spectrum that maintains high output while controlling bleaching.
- ETS MAX 5B57% Red: A high-performance indoor option. Moderate red, marked with efficiency and flower at the same time, up to 3,450 μmol/s, with efficiency that holds the spectrum.
- ETS MAX 7A76% red: built for the greenhouse. The sun already supplies blue and green, so this leans heavily on the complementary red, up to 3,900 μmol/s in the infrastructure most greenhouses already have in place.
Bottom line
Choosing an activity is not a competition for the highest red number. The winning spectrum is the one that matches your environment, your intensity, your genetics, and what you’re trying to produce. Combine spectrum, intensity, environmental control, light distribution and genetics, and you’ve got a lighting strategy. Keep a spec isolated and all you’ve got is a bright room.
The ETS MAX line was created around this idea: choose the spectrum of the room you actually have, indoor or greenhouse, and let the device work with your grow rather than against it.
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