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January 22, 2026
Built by a former cannabis regulator, Policy, Decoded helps operators read the policy terrain before it shifts beneath their feet.
Today’s edition starts with Congress pulling the hemp delay language and putting the market back on calendar math, with households and retailers absorbing the whiplash first. We track Chicago’s ban as market design dressed up as safety, the White House trying to treat rescheduling as a deliverable, and the legal risks showing up in contracts and courtrooms as trust gets tested upstream. Decoded Insight is our new essay on America’s two THC markets and the overdue middle path that tightens the rules where safety needs it and relaxes them where the regulated system keeps losing demand.
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⏳ The hemp clock restarts
🏙️ Cities redraw the channel
⚖️ Two markets, one lane
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