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Virginia’s Hemp Market in Flux | Richmond News
Virginia’s legal cannabis market is set to launch next summer—but with the state budget still tied up, businesses are caught in limbo. Shop owner Barbara Biddle in Manassas is already closing one of her two hemp stores amid uncertainty. Complicating matters, the federal government is changing its hemp definition this November, while states scramble to regulate THC-heavy products. For entrepreneurs selling CBD-infused goods, the shift from loosely regulated hemp to a state-controlled cannabis framework means navigating a minefield of new rules—especially since CBD won’t get you high, but THC…
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