Hemp THC products become prohibited under federal law in late 2026 under the spending bill signed by President Donald Trump last week.
But some regulated cannabis merchants aren’t waiting until then to stamp out hemp sector competition, as a lawsuit filed Thursday by some Missouri marijuana operators shows.
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A coterie of Kansas City-based cannabis companies filed a civil lawsuit Nov. 13 against a roster of local smoke shops and other merchants selling so-called “THCA flower,” according to the Kansas City Star.
The THCA flower loophole, which some states have addressed with their own hemp THC regulations, is explicitly closed by the federal spending bill Trump signed.
The lawsuit, filed in state court in Jackson County, asks a judge to award damages and to
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