The notice never says cannabis, but the botanical pathway is the one whole-plant extracts travel. Comments close November 3 — before anyone knows whether cannabis becomes Schedule III.

P.L. 119-103 moved most of the federal hemp redefinition to December 11 — but Missouri and Illinois still hit November 12, Virginia, Ohio and Texas already bind harder, and Square's October 15 date is the earliest of all.

Edibles legality turns on three variables — adult-use status, hemp-THC rules and milligram caps — and the per-serving cap usually binds before the legality question does. The state-by-state map operators actually need.