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CHICAGO — A new report on hemp-derived THC highlights growing concerns over its safety, legality and impact on health — even as Illinois lawmakers have failed again to keep the products away ...

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The "Smoke Out the Capitol" event on June 28 — notably at 4:20 p.m. — will be held at state Capitol building, with participants smoking hemp on the Capitol steps.

Texas lawmakers passed a bill to ban THC-infused hemp products, threatening to wipe out the $4 billion industry. Legal challenges loom as Governor Abbott's decision on signing it into law is unknown.

Asked if it would affect AsterraLabs, a Nashville, North Carolina, based CBD and hemp company for which Bell has served as president since 2023, he said: “This has nothing to do with AsterraLabs.