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Medicare Is Now Covering Hemp THC Products. Prohibitionists Are Suing to Stop It.
A federal pilot program that launched April 1 allows Medicare providers to furnish hemp-derived CBD and THC products to eligible beneficiaries — up to $500 per year. A coalition of anti-drug groups filed suit to kill it the next day. Here’s what the program actually does, what the lawsuit argues, and what it means for the people caught in the middle.
Morgan Ellis
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