Last week, law enforcement raided hemp businesses in Towns County and Hiawassee as part of “Operation 420,” seizing products marketed as legal hemp that allegedly exceeded Georgia’s THC limits. The raids are the latest in a wave of enforcement actions targeting hemp businesses, and they raise serious questions about testing reliability and criminal intent that will shape any charges that follow.
Expert Legal Commentary Available: Federal Hemp Products Ban Media Contact: Church Law Firm | (404) 223-3232Available for immediate comment, interviews, and on-camera appearances President Trump Signs Legislation Effectively Banning Most Hemp Products As part of legislation to end the government shutdown, President Trump signed a bill that will redefine “hemp” under federal law and effectively […]
Federal Ban on Intoxicating Hemp Products: What It Means for the Hemp Industry On November 12, 2025, President Trump signed legislation to end the government shutdown that includes a federal ban on most hemp products that contain THC and other hemp-derived “cannabinoids.” The new law goes into effect a year from now. If it goes […]
Hemp Update: Department of Agriculture rules that retail shops can sell Hemp “Pre-Rolls” Our firm recently submitted a request for a declaratory ruling from the Georgia Department of Agriculture requesting their position on different issues arising under Georgia’s new hemp laws, including whether hemp cigarettes (“pre-rolls”) are legal to sell in Georgia. Specifically, we asked […]
This week, our firm filed an unprecedented lawsuit under the Georgia RICO Act against a large wholesaler of smoke shop products in the metro Atlanta area after the wholesaler’s “hemp” products caused our client’s retail store to get raided, his assets seized, and his employee arrested. Our firm brought the lawsuit as a counterclaim by […]