FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — The most popular cannabis products in Tennessee can’t be made in the Volunteer State.
THCA products are the biggest sellers for cannabis retailers in Tennessee. However, while business is booming for dispensaries, hemp growers like Patrick Cowden in Franklin are being forced to downsize.
“I went from not having anything available because it was sold to having everything available because no one wanted to buy it anymore,” Cowden said.
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Cowden owns and operates Cowden Hemp Company, an indoor CBD and CBN farm.
While CBD and CBN flower were popular a few years ago, THCA and Delta 8 THC, which can give users are a “high” more similar to marijuana, have taken over the market.
“Everybody just wanted THCA,” Cowden said. “A definitely major downturn in business over the last six, eight months.”
CBD can be found in a hemp plant and can be smoked or ingested.
While the FDA has not approved marketing cannabis flower as a treatment for any disease or condition, CBD users report it helps ease an assortment of medical problems ranging from anxiety, to inflammation to seizures.