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A lot of today's edition comes down to sequencing. Virginia's adult-use bill is on the governor's desk and social equity advocates are already warning that the start date hands incumbents the only seats at the table. Ohio's hemp ban is live, the referendum is dead, and breweries are suing. Missouri is using consumer-protection law and lab results to clean up a hemp market worth an estimated billion dollars. South Carolina just indicted a network that was operating in plain sight. The policy question in each case is the same: who moves first, and does the order of operations end up being the policy itself.
⚖️ Virginia's equity clock is ticking
🥤 Ohio's hemp ban lands hard
🔬 Missouri tests its enforcement theory
Justice too long delayed is justice denied.
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