{"id":262215,"date":"2026-08-09T18:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262215\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:00:12","slug":"pa-attorney-general-sunday-urges-congress-to-preserve-hemp-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/262215\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. Attorney General Sunday urges Congress to preserve hemp ban"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 9, 2026 | 10:22 AM \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy Ian Karbal, Pennsylvania Capital-Star<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office<\/p>\n

In this file photo, the Lancaster County Drug Task Force seized items packaged like mundane convenience store snacks that contain THC chemicals Delta 8 and 10, which are illegal class-one substances in Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

This article was originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and a group of 34 bipartisan attorneys general signed a letter<\/a> to Congress asking them to preserve a ban on intoxicating hemp products.<\/p>\n

The ban was scheduled to go into effect November 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cPennsylvanians have a right to know what they\u2019re buying and confidence that products with intoxicating effects are being sold responsibly and not marketed to children,\u201d Sunday said in a statement. \u201cClosing these loopholes, and ensuring they stay closed, protects consumers, supports businesses that follow the law, and makes it harder for intoxicating products to end up in the hands of children.\u201d<\/p>\n

The letter was addressed to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and the chairs of the House and Senate appropriations committees.<\/p>\n

The availability of intoxicating hemp products, which are sold in gas stations and head shops across Pennsylvania and America, was the byproduct of the 2018 Farm Bill<\/a>, which redefined hemp in an attempt to allow farmers to more easily grow the crop. The bill allowed the plants to be processed into products containing intoxicating products like delta-8 THC.<\/p>\n

The so-called Hemp loophole was closed by Congress through a funding bill in November 2025, set to go into effect a year later.<\/p>\n

The move comes as the Trump White House has reportedly<\/a> lobbied senators to delay a ban on intoxicating hemp as they negotiate a spending bill for federal agencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the loophole is reopened or the new definition is weakened or repealed, States will face renewed litigation, inconsistent enforcement, regulatory uncertainty, increased youth access to intoxicating products, and disruption of lawful businesses that have already adjusted their operations to comply with the new federal framework,\u201d the letter read.<\/p>\n

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