Hemp product ban, tacked onto bill to reopen government, stuns Illinois businesses: ‘Unnecessary and cruel’
Federal lawmakers are poised to close a loophole that has allowed for an array of intoxicating cannabinoids that have generated a billion-dollar Illinois market — and soon could be illegal.
Amanda Montgomery and her husband started AM and PM Hemp Farm in downstate Kirkland in 2020. After her husband passed unexpectedly last year, the farm, which produces and sells a range of hemp-derive…