Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way
The fight did not move in one direction this month, it split three ways
The hemp fight did not move in one direction this month. It split three ways.
In Ohio, lawmakers let a ban on intoxicating hemp take hold after opponents failed to qualify a referendum for the ballot. In South Carolina, senators decided not to ban hemp THC outright, but to shove it into a much tighter retail box. And in Texas, regulators are about to take aim at one of the market’s hottest categories (smokable hemp and THCA flower) while leaving edibles standing under heavier restrictions and much higher costs.
That distinction matters. Too often, these stories get flattened into one generic “hemp crackdown” narrative, as if every state is doing the same thing with slightly different branding. They’re not. What’s happening instead is more revealing: states are choosing their own model for how much hemp they can tolerate, where they want it sold and which version of the market they’re willing to let survive.
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