{"id":1305,"date":"2025-05-08T23:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T23:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/SouthernHempCoalition\/?page_id=1305"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:04:13","slug":"advocacy-efforts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/testv78.demowebsitelinks.com\/SouthernHempCoalition\/advocacy-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1305\" class=\"elementor elementor-1305\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f90303a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f90303a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07b1d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d07b1d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advocacy Efforts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961af93 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"961af93\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0331708 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0331708\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e9675a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1e9675a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Southern Hemp Coalition<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9b935b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9b935b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advocacy Efforts<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ac3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6ac3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2024 and 2025 bills were presented to our State legislators that would change the definition of Hemp from the 2018 Farm Bill that would categorize hemp under the State\u2019s medical marijuana program or eliminate hemp products all together. 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