American Healthy Alternatives Association

1️⃣ in 7️⃣ American adults use these products. 🌾The industry asked to be regulated: testing, age limits, child-safe caps, honest labels. Congress wrote a number instead. On December 11, that number makes him a criminal. 📣 Regulate it. Don't eliminate it. Sign the petition and tell your senators where you stand. usahaa.org

“Let the federal ban on intoxicating hemp take effect.” That’s from page 54 of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s Day One agenda for the new Democratic Congress. The same page asks Congress to oppose any further delay or amendment and to “not further regulate or legalize” hemp. He gives his reason in the same document. Hemp sales “undercut Illinois’ licensed cannabis businesses.” And on November 12, his state law moves hemp products over 0.4mg into marijuana dispensaries. Same plant. New seller. Hemp was never a red or blue issue, and neither is the ban. The fix is simple: 21 and up, lab tested, honest labels, and marketing regulations. Regulate it. Don’t eliminate it. Sign the petition before December 11 at usahaa.org

Macie and Riley Queen were college students when the 2018 Farm Bill passed. They took out loans, maxed out their credit cards, bought a farm in West Virginia and planted 15,000 plants. That became Moonflower Hemp. Eight years later they test every product through a third-party lab, sell to adults 21 and up only, and put a window into every room at their headquarters so customers can watch it all get made. They regulated themselves before anyone required them to. Now Congress has set a December 11 deadline that would shut it all down. “I just feel like I’m going to be letting people down if we have to close our doors.” This is what the ban looks like up close: two sisters, a family farm, a storefront on Main Street, and a community that counts on them. They didn’t come to Washington asking for a pass. They came asking for rules. Regulate hemp. Don’t eliminate it. Sign the petition at usahaa.org

Here’s what CNN Health laid out today: → Any hemp product with more than 0.4mg of THC in the entire container gets classified as a Schedule I narcotic. That’s per container, not per gummy. → Full spectrum products are at risk. The CEO of Charlotte’s Web told CNN that staying under the cap is “virtually impossible.” His words for it: “collateral damage.” → CBD that seniors only recently got through a new Medicare program is covered by the ban too. → Marijuana sold in state-licensed dispensaries is exempt. Same plant. One side gets a license. The other gets a Schedule I label. 1 in 7 American adults use CBD (Gallup). That’s your parents, your neighbor, the veteran down the street. They chose legal hemp, and in 38 days Congress takes it off the shelf. As one hemp business owner told CNN: “It’s possible to make regulations to keep people safe without enacting a total prohibition on the entire plant.” It doesn’t have to be a ban. Regulate the real plant. Ban the fake stuff. Age limits, testing, honest labels. December 11 is the deadline. Tell Congress to finish the job. Sign the petition at usahaa.org Source: CNN Health, Nov 3, 2026

Last Friday, the Justice Department announced federal registrations for more than 900 medical marijuana dispensaries in seven states. DEA investigations. Security rules. Recordkeeping. Inventory controls. That’s what a real framework looks like. Legal hemp is asking for the same thing: age limits, testing, honest labels. Instead, it gets a 0.4mg cap on December 11. If Washington can regulate marijuana, it can regulate hemp. 39 days. Sign the petition at myhealthyusa.org Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Oct 30, 2026

Hemp doesn’t need a ban. It needs rules. The 4 pillars of regulation: ✓ Testing: every batch lab tested and tracked by lot number ✓ Packaging: child-resistant, so little hands can’t open it ✓ Marketing: nothing aimed at kids ✓ Age: 21+ only, wherever it’s sold It’s what every mature industry has. Joel Thompson of the AHAA National Board explains why hemp should have it too. Regulate it. Don’t eliminate it.

51 votes. That’s all it would take in the Senate to fix the hemp ban before December 11. A year-end budget bill can’t be filibustered, and one proposal on the table would replace the ban with real limits. So why hasn’t it happened? No backing from congressional leaders yet. Budget rules could strip it out. And Congress still hasn’t agreed on what goes in the package. That’s where you come in. Age limits, testing, honest labels. 43 days. Add your name, then call 202-224-3121. Sign the petition at usahaa.org Sources: Roll Call, Oct 26, 2026; Marijuana Moment, Oct 27, 2026; Whitney Economics

Congress already banned synthetic THC (effective Nov 12). The second ban, Dec 11, hits the real plant. 8 bills could fix it. Most are bipartisan. Votes so far: zero. Fund the fight at usahaa.org.

Every voice has a story behind it. We want to hear yours: four short questions, two minutes, and your answer could become part of the national conversation on this fight. Share your voice at usahaa.org

AHAA is flying to Washington this week✈️ 🏛️ Tuesday and Wednesday, our board members and lobbying team are in Senate and House offices with one message: regulate it, don't ban it. We are not asking for another delay. We are asking Congress to restore a workable definition of legal hemp and add four guardrails: 🪪 Age restrictions. Adults 21 and older only. 🧪 Testing standards. Independent lab testing on every batch. 📦 Labeling and packaging. Honest labels, child-resistant packaging. 📣 Marketing and advertising. Nothing aimed at anyone under 21. Those who want a ban say it's about protecting kids. So is this. Regulation is how you keep it out of their hands. The Senate voted 90 to 6 to move the deadline to December 11. The House has not finished the job. Add your name before we walk in. ✍️ Sign the petition at usahaa.org to fight for your rights.

Own a retail shop? Put the deadline on your wall. The people walking into your store every day are exactly who Congress needs to hear from. The person who buys the same tincture every month. The one who picks up gummies for sleep. The regular who has never once thought about a THC cap per container. So tell them where they are standing. They scan the code, they can sign the petition in a minute, and their name goes to a real senator's office, counted by state. The Senate already voted 90 to 6 to build a real framework. The House has not finished the job. Your customers are the pressure that finishes it. Free. Print-ready. Nothing to design. Go to usahaa.org, open Advocacy Hub, click Media, download, print, hang.

December 11, 2026. One in seven American adults use these products. 225,861 jobs. $59.6 billion in economic output. More than 70% of hemp businesses close or relocate. That is not a market correction. It is one line in a spending bill. The industry asked to be regulated. Testing, age limits, child-safe caps, honest labels. Congress wrote a number instead: 0.4 milligrams of THC per container, a threshold almost nothing on the shelf can meet. Regulate it. Don't eliminate it. Sign the petition at usahaa.org

This story could end in two ways. In one, the delay becomes law, a real framework gets written, and legal hemp stays legal, tested, and age-gated. In the other, shelves clear, farms lose their market, and hundreds of thousands of American jobs disappear. The Senate moved because people spoke up. Congress finishes the job when we keep speaking. Add your voice at usahaa.org

Adults should have the freedom to purchase a THC beverage if they want to." That's a sitting United States Senator, on the record, on the Agriculture Committee where hemp law gets written. Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota called the federal ban "ill-advised" and said it would have hurt hemp farmers and Minnesota breweries alike. Here's what she's pointing at. Minnesota built one of the most tightly regulated hemp markets in the country: tested products, labeled products, age limits, licensed sellers. It works. Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, and New Jersey built their own. Congress didn't study any of them. It wrote a number, 0.4 milligrams per container, that no full-spectrum product can meet, and set a date. The date is now December 11, 2026. The White House has asked Congress to revise the law. Senators from both parties are asking for a long-term fix. The industry has asked, for years, to be regulated. The rulebook exists in five states. Congress has 91 days to pick one up. Regulate it. Don't eliminate it. Sign the petition. Link in bio.

Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-MT): hemp is "critical to our farmers and critical to our veterans and seniors." On December 11, federal law will pull roughly 95% of these products off the shelf unless Congress acts. There's a better path: age restrictions, mandatory testing, child-resistant packaging, responsible marketing. @TimSheehyMT Regulate it. Don't eliminate it.