The funny thing is that you can buy hemp products legally in America. You just can’t produce it here.
Its kinda like CFLs an incandescent lights. First ban the incandescent bulbs, then ban making CFLs here.
My understanding is the hemp production industry is a potential billion dollar industry. Unfortunately, the war on some drugs is too profitable for LE, the IRS (seizures), and the prison industry, so the US economy is unable to benefit.