Alcohol use is declining. THC is swooping in:

This isn’t just a policy shift. This would be a fundamental change threatening the landscape of our communities,

— Henny Lasley, executive director of One Chance to Grow Up, said in a statement about the potential impact of expanding intoxicating hemp products into everyday locations in Colorado.

It will keep these dangerous products out of the hands of children, while preserving the hemp industry for farmers.

— Mitch McConnell, explaining that he inserted the hemp language into the 2018 farm bill measure to end the 43-day federal government shutdown; the policy would keep dangerous hemp-derived products from children while preserving the hemp industry for farmers.

All the plants that have been created over the last eight years will be illegal. They’ll have to be destroyed," Paul told HuffPost. "And 100% of the things sold as hemp, products that people eat, for sleep, anxiety, things like that, will all be illegal. It’s the most thoughtless piece of legislation you can imagine.— Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) told HuffPost in an interview that the bill would destroy the hemp industry; he called it 'the most thoughtless piece of legislation you can imagine.'