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Trump urges GOP senators to back off hemp ban

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By Rachel Shin, Jennifer Scholtes Verified, Amanda Friedman Verified
| POLITICO Verified
President Donald Trump called Sen. Ted Budd about a delay provision, a Senate aide said. President Donald Trump and top White House officials are privately lobbying Republican senators to delay a ban on intoxicating hemp that's set to kick in this fall. At the Trump administration's urging, the government funding patch the Senate is working to pass this week would push off the forthcoming ban of some cannabis products derived from hemp.
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Red states reject Trump’s shift on overdose prevention

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By Amanda Friedman Verified
| Yahoo Verified
President Donald Trump and his Health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are cutting the federal budget for initiatives that aim to make illicit drug use less deadly, such as needle exchanges and drug testing strips. But some red states are responding by boosting their own funding for those harm-reduction programs. In GOP-led Florida, Gov.
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POLITICO Pro: Kennedy releases $700M in delayed mental health and addiction grants

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By Amanda Friedman Verified
| POLITICO Pro Verified
The health secretary at the same time criticized harm-reduction programs that aim to make drug use safer. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has opened applications for more- than-$700 million in federal grants for addressing homelessness, mental illness and addiction in the United States this week — months after grantees say the notices were expected.
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