Tennessee

Tennessee licenses the production and sale of hemp-derived cannabinoid products under a dedicated state framework, restricting products by cannabinoid type and setting packaging and testing requirements. There is no medical or adult-use cannabis programme. Selling products outside the permitted categories can be charged as a misdemeanour, and the state has enforced against retailers rather than producers.

The framework is unusual in that it licenses the retail channel for a non-intoxicating category while criminalising products that fall outside it.

Retailers holding a hemp-derived product licence should audit each SKU against the permitted cannabinoid list, because the enforcement posture is criminal rather than administrative.