NOTE: Today's article is an opinion piece.

1. In addition to reopening the government, what positive effect did the funding bill just signed by President Trump have?

2. a) What did Congress attempt to do in 2018?
b) What is hemp used for?

3. What was Congress' aim in legalizing it?

4. How did the "farm bill legalization" backfire?

5. What were the unintended consequences of the 2018 farm bill? Be specific.

6. a) How has the new policy included in last week's funding bill changed the law?
b) What does it still allow farmers to do?

7. Mr. Lehman notes that support for legalizing marijuana "has seen a sharp drop for the first time in over a decade, according to recent Gallup polling."
Why do you think this is so?