Utah’s cannabis rules have more plot twists than a Netflix drama, and most people are one viral headline away from doing something dumb by accident. So we brought JD Lauritzen, The Leafy Lawyer, back on to translate the chaos into plain English. We talk hemp, the “loophole” argument, rescheduling, taxes that crush businesses, and why “legal” is a word people throw around way too casually.

What we get into

• The hemp-derived mess, why it keeps whiplashing, and why “it’s legal again” posts are usually missing the point

• The scary part, timing, JD calls out that “next November” is a real inflection point unless something changes, and the implications of hemp becoming illegal again

• The “loophole” debate, JD’s take is blunt, it was never a loophole, it was the text, plus how regulation failed to keep up

• Rescheduling talk, why moving to “schedule three” matters, and why it still doesn’t magically fix everything overnight

• The business killer most consumers never hear about, 280E taxes, and why even good operators get strangled by the math

• The potency fight, what “limit potency” sounds like in a hearing room, and why enforcement is way messier than people think

Big takeaways

• If a headline makes you want to panic buy, it’s probably selling clicks, not clarity

• Utah changes tend to be slow and surgical, not one big “everything is illegal now” moment

• Hemp and medical get mixed up constantly, but policy treats them like different animals

• Rescheduling can help, but taxes and timelines are where reality lives

• “Limit potency” sounds simple until you try to enforce it in the real world

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