Episode 24: America’s Two Cannabis Markets

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🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode takes on the question we keep getting: how is hemp THC legal, and what makes it different from marijuana sold in dispensaries. We walk through how one plant ended up split by two legal systems, why dispensaries were built as closed, auditable markets, and how a federal hemp definition turned low-dose THC into a mainstream consumer product.From Instagram ads and home delivery to liquor store shelves and statehouses, consumers experience this as one THC market. Policymakers do not. We unpack how that mismatch fueled confusion, invited bad actors, and pushed Congress to tighten the definition again.Join us as we explain what changed in Washington, why FDA’s next set of definitions will matter more than most headlines suggest, and how trust, not chemistry, has become the real fault line shaping the future of cannabis and hemp in America.🔗 Related essay:https://www.homegrown-group.com/blog/[INSERT-SLUG]This podcast may include content written or produced with the support of AI tools under human direction and editorial oversight.

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This episode was published on January 21, 2026.

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🎙️ Powered by THC Group, this episode takes on the question we keep getting: how is hemp THC legal, and what makes it different from marijuana sold in dispensaries. We walk through how one plant ended up split by two legal systems, why dispensaries...

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