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Tennessee lawmakers vote to ban most cannabis products, despite protest from local businesses

By Marianna Bacallao

April 17, 2025

Tennessee retailers will soon have to take their most popular hemp products off the shelves, after the Tennessee General Assembly passed a measure that would ban a key ingredient.

Filed Under: Business, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, cannabis, hemp, marijuana, tennessee department of agriculture, thc, tnleg, tnpol

The TBI won’t be backing off cannabis even as some prosecutors ignore state law

By Blake Farmer

September 6, 2022

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Tennessee’s main crime lab is still very much treating marijuana like a dangerous drug. And state law enforcement has no plans to back off even as some prosecutors look the other way.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: delta-8, hemp, marijuana, marijuana legalization

Tennessee’s Law And Health Agencies Cracking Down On Hemp, While State Industry Expands

By Shalina Chatlani

November 9, 2018

Listen Tennessee’s health and law enforcement agencies are starting to crack down on a product that is being promoted by farm officials — industrial hemp.  Now, early investors in this expanding industry are realizing they might be violating the law, even though they thought they were in the clear.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: hemp, medical marijuana

Tennessee’s Law And Health Agencies Cracking Down On Hemp, While State Industry Expands

By Shalina Chatlani

November 9, 2018

Listen Tennessee’s health and law enforcement agencies are starting to crack down on a product that is being promoted by farm officials — industrial hemp.  Now, early investors in this expanding industry are realizing they might be violating the law, even though they thought they were in the clear.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: hemp, medical marijuana

Want To Grow Hemp In Tennessee? There Are Some Hoops To Jump Through

By micah bradley

June 19, 2014

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has just proposed rules for farmers wanting to grow hemp, and they’re pretty strict.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: hemp, marijuana legalization

Industrial Hemp Goes From Fringe To Front Burner For Tenn. Legislature

By Blake Farmer

January 31, 2014

The time for growing hemp in Tennessee has come, according to leaders of the state legislature who have recently opened their minds to the agricultural potential. The cousin to cannabis has been legalized for industrial use in nine other states.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: agriculture, Beth Harwell, hemp, Ron Ramsey

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