The main products impacted are smokeable flower or vape products while other hemp-derived products like edibles and drinks will still be available.
People across Tennessee flocked to dispensaries and smoke shops Tuesday for their last chance to legally buy THCa products in Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – People across Tennessee flocked to dispensaries and smoke shops Tuesday for their last chance to legally buy THCa products in Tennessee.
“This week has been crazy,” said Whitney Huebner, an employee at Marley’s Smoke Shop on Charlotte Pike. “Real recently, like the past two weeks, it’s been very like adamant about people being like, ‘Oh, I need to get my medicine. I need to make sure that I have it before we run out, before we’re not allowed to get it anymore.”
A new state law going into effect on July 1, 2026 bans all hemp products containing THCa from being sold in Tennessee.
The main products impacted are smokeable flower or vape products. Other hemp-derived products like edibles and drinks will still be available, although they’ll be capped at a lower dosage.
It’s the worst day ever, really,” Marley’s customer Tony told WSMV crews. “We only had like for at least like a year here in Tennessee, like a year or two, and now you want to take it away? It seems really messed up for a lot of people.”
Marley’s had a steady stream of customers Tuesday night hoping to stock up on discounted products before the ban goes into effect at midnight.
“I see all walks of life, all races, all ages, everybody comes in to get their medicine, get their help that they need,” Huebner said. “I feel like this is going to be a really big step back.”
Huebner says she worries about where people will turn when they can no longer get the products legally and safely.
If people aren’t able to get the things that they need, they’re going to go back to the streets, and I don’t believe in that,” she said. “I don’t believe in going to the streets, getting laced with something, ending up dead. It’s just not right.”
Perfect Plant founder and CEO Jackson Campbell says he’s experiencing the rush at his stores, too.
“Our stores have been slammed,” Campbell said. “We’re open till midnight tonight, and there’s a lot of, you know, final fear purchasing.”
He says when he opened one of Nashville’s first true dispensaries in 2018, the demand was undeniable.
“Tons of excitement, tons of interest and, you know, the sort of novelty of it finally being available at a store here in Tennessee,” he said. “Really, like, every type of person coming out of the woodwork. It was pretty surprising.”