Legal Analysis: Hemp Retailers Face ‘Existential Threat,’ Possible Closure or Forced Pivots

If you buy CBD from a local shop or order it online, both of those options could vanishโ€”the ban would shut down hemp retail stores and eliminate all mail-order hemp sales. Detailed legal analysis projects that standalone CBD/hemp stores, smoke shops, convenience stores, and gas stations that depend on intoxicating hemp products face severe disruption, probable closure, or forced pivots. All mail-order and interstate commerce in intoxicating hemp products will likely be eliminated.

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