Two Southern Ohio hemp retailers were raided Tuesday morning as federal, county, and state agencies continue to crack down on intoxicating hemp products caught in the middle of a rapidly shifting legal landscape.

Officers with the DEA, county law enforcement, and additional unmarked units executed search operations at Western Avenue Exotics — a business previously raided — and Bud City Dispo in Waverly . At least one of the locations sells products containing Delta-8 THC and other intoxicating hemp derivatives. Authorities were seen seizing products and materials from each store.

The raids come as Ohio’s hemp industry remains in legal limbo. While state law still classifies hemp products containing no more than 0.3% Delta-9 THC as legal, that definition has allowed retailers to sel

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