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November 14, 2025
Built by a former cannabis regulator, Policy, Decoded helps operators read the policy terrain before it shifts beneath their feet.
Congress reopened the government by putting most hemp THC products on a one-year clock, and the early reactions tell you how fractured the landscape already is. Texas signals defiance, Ohio floats selective compliance, veterans’ groups warn about research setbacks, and national retailers now sit between federal statute and local demand. Our emergency episode of The Hybrid with Pam Epstein breaks down how shutdown politics delivered this rider and what dealmaking still remains for an industry that suddenly has fixed time on the board.
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🥤 Hemp ban starts a 365-day fight over who controls THC
🌵 States test how far they can ignore Washington
🎖️ Veterans and regulators scramble to redraw their playbooks
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