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Hemp businesses don’t have to destroy their stock after federal ban starts. They just can’t sell it.

Published Oct 21, 2026, 5:24 PM

Rhode Island’s hemp businesses can keep all of their intoxicating products after a new federal THC potency limit takes effect in less than two months — they just can’t sell them if Congress doesn’t change course. An Oct. 8 bulletin from the state’s Cannabis Control Commission gives hemp businesses the option to quarantine existing inventory […]

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