Alabama’s new law to restrict products with THC derived from hemp has critics who call it a government overreach that will unnecessarily hurt businesses that sell the products and their customers. Others contend the new law does not go far enough. Even before it takes effect next week, there is already a proposal to clamp down further.

Texas' multibillion-dollar hemp industry faces the potential for heavy regulation after Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a THC ban Sunday and called for a special session in part to tackle the issue. Why it matters: The Legislature now has to decide how to proceed with Abbott's call to further regulate consumable hemp after Lt.

The governor of Texas blocked what would have been one of the nation’s strictest bans on hemp products, and directed legislators to take up regulation of hemp in a special session.