Federal judge denies hemp entrepreneurs’ request to overturn Virginia’s new THC limit

By: Samantha Willis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 17, 2026

Words: 573

Last Updated: 1 day, 3 hours ago

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A federal judge in Roanoke on Friday declined seven Virginia business owners’ request to eliminate a new regulation that removes an exception to the state’s limit of 2 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per product package. The new standard took effect Aug. 15.

The entrepreneurs had asked the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Roanoke for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block the rule stemming from the state …

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