Cannabis and liquor retailers at odds over proposed rules on hemp-derived THC beverage sales

Cannabis and liquor retailers at odds over proposed rules on hemp-derived THC beverage sales

Hemp-derived THC seltzers seen on a shelf at Bottles Fine Wine on Providence’s East Side. (Photo by Christopher Shea/Rhode Island Current)No one complained when state regulators quietly allowed hemp-derived THC beverages to be sold in Rhode Island’s liquor stores late last summer.  But now that state lawmakers are considering codifying the rules, the state’s cannabis cultivators and retailers are speaking out, saying the liquor industry is circu…