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Nov 18, 2025

⏱️ One Year, Fifty States, And A THC Power Reset

A one year federal clock meets fifty state agendas, a shifting DOJ posture, and a Virginia market finally on the move.

Nov 17, 2025

🌾 States Pick Their Lane On THC • Governors Push Back • Federal Clock Starts

Washington drew a new THC line. Now states might decide what survives. Kentucky defends farmers, Michigan rethinks beverages, and Tennessee and Rhode Island pause before the next move.

Nov 14, 2025

🥤 Hemp THC Ban, Shutdown Fallout, And A 365 Day Fight Over THC

Congress reopened the government by banning most hemp THC products and starting a one year clock. Today we map what survives, what does not, and how serious operators should play the new terrain.

Nov 13, 2025

🥤 Hemp Industry vs DC: Shutdown Deal, THC Ban, One-Year Clock

Congress ended the shutdown by putting hemp on a one-year clock. The next 365 days decide who still has a business.

Nov 12, 2025

🥤 McConnell’s Ban, Michigan’s Tax Fight, and the Year Hemp Turns Into Data Warfare

Congress traded policy for politics, state frameworks lost their footing, and the next twelve months will decide whose data tells the story.

Nov 11, 2025

🥤 McConnell Got His Ban

The Senate traded paychecks for prohibition, delayed enforcement for a year, and called it progress.

Nov 10, 2025

🥤 McConnell’s Last Deal: How Hemp Became the Shutdown’s Collateral

McConnell used the shutdown to push hemp prohibition, turning a $28 billion market into campaign collateral.

Nov 7, 2025

⚡ Hemp Ban Collides With Shutdown • Circle K Goes National • Lawsuits, Loopholes & Leverage

Shutdown brinkmanship, retail expansion, and legal warfare now define the hemp fight — plus an exclusive D.C. conference discount for Policy, Decoded readers.

Nov 6, 2025

🗳️ East Coast Reboots Cannabis Policy • CPG Giants Join Hemp Ban • Tribal Lines Tested

Virginia and New Jersey reopen legalization paths as Coca-Cola and Nestlé join the hemp ban push — plus our featured THC Group analysis on the politics driving it all.