Nashville Tennessee Judge Hears Arguments In Hemp Industry Bid To Halt Rules They Say Will Tank Businesses
“If the rules do go into effect,… the industry may no longer exist”
Jackson Campbell shows off products in his Nashville store, Perfect Plant Hemp Co. Interpretation of a 2023 business could put Campbell and other store owners selling hemp products out of business. (Photo: John Partipilo)
A Nashville judge said she will rule no later than Christmas Eve on a bid by the Tennessee hemp industry to block state rules from taking effect that would criminalize the sales of popular products.
The state’s hemp manufacturers, distributors and retailers will suffer irreparable harm should the new rules be allowed to take effect on Dec. 26, as scheduled – leading, overnight, to mass layoffs and storefront closures, their lawyers argued in court Monday.
“If the rules do go into effect, much of the industry…may no longer exist,” said Alex Carver, an attorney representing Tennessee Healthy Alternatives Associations.
It is one of two industry groups seeking to temporarily block the rules while their legal challenge to set them aside permanently plays out in court. The Tennessee Growers Coalition is also challenging the rules.
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