A group representing hemp growers is suing the Drug Enforcement Administration over a new rule it says could put producers out of business. Last month, the DEA issued this new interim final rule, saying it intended to merely fill out the way hemp is regulated. Hemp advocates say it actually goes further than that, creating new authority for the DEA—and have sued, saying this would be illegal. The 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized the growing of industrial hemp, specified tha

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