The House on Wednesday approved the ban, after previously considering proposals to preserve the industry by tightening regulations.

Potential health benefits of THC include managing pain and helping people sleep. Short for tetrahydrocannabinol, THC is the component in cannabis responsible for the plant's psychoactive effects.

One representative called it a “wonderful, reefer-smelling bag” and another worried a drug-sniffing dog might alert to him at ...