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September 15, 2025
Built by a former cannabis regulator, Policy, Decoded is your high-signal daily briefing for operators, investors, and policymakers navigating the collision of law, regulation, and business.
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Republican governors are splintering hemp regulation into a patchwork of state frameworks, Rhode Island launched an intentionally scarce dispensary license market, and Illinois watched hemp reform collapse over a fight with Chicago’s mayor. Massachusetts carved cannabis operators out of its psychedelics pilot, while Minnesota’s hemp beverage market is quietly rewriting distribution norms. And behind it all, plastic-heavy packaging rules are creating an environmental mess regulators never planned for.
🌾 GOP hemp patchwork
🏝️ Rhode Island scarcity play
♻️ Cannabis packaging paradox
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