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Code 20-56-502(17)); CBN affirmatively listed as a permitted consumable-hemp cannabinoid (20-56-502(4)(C)(ii)); <=1 mg total THC/container + >15:1 ratio; ATC permits; 21+.","forms":[{"form":"all","label":"All forms","status":"restricted","state_status":null,"federal_overlay":false,"headline":"CBN unscheduled and AFFIRMATIVELY listed as a permitted consumable-hemp cannabinoid (Act 934/2025); legal but gated by permit + 21+ + lab + ","rule_type":"permanent","tier":"concentration_cap","schedule_class":null,"limit":{"type":"mg_per_container","value":1,"unit":"mg total THC per container (with CBD:THC ratio >15:1) for a permitted consumable-hemp CBN product -- caps the product's THC, not its CBN"},"effective_date":"2026-04-22","verified_at":"2026-10-25","confidence":"confirmed","verbatim_excerpt":"Ark. Code 5-64-215(a)(5)(A)(i) (Act 629/2023, Schedule VI): '(i) A product derived from industrial hemp that was produced as a result of a synthetic chemical process that converted the industrial hemp or a substance contained in the industrial hemp into Delta-8, Delta-9, Delta-6a, 10a, or Delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol including their respective acetate esters; and (j) Any other psychoactive substance derived therein.' (non-psychoactive CBN is outside both prongs) -- Ark. Code 20-56-502(17)(A) (Act 934/2025): '\"Intoxicating hemp product\" means a finished product intended for human consumption that is derived from or contains hemp or hemp extract and contains a total tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that exceeds zero percent (0%) when tested in its finished form.' -- 20-56-502(17)(B)(xvii)(a): 'Any other cannabinoid classified as an intoxicant by rule of the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board.' -- 20-56-502(4)(C)(ii): '...A product primarily containing and marketed as cannabidiol, cannabichromene, cannabinol, cannabigerol,... or tetrahydrocannabivarin;' (CBN affirmatively listed as a permitted consumable-hemp cannabinoid).","excerpt_source_url":"https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=/ACTS/2025R/Public/ACT934.pdf","citations":[{"title":"Arkansas Act 934 of 2025 (SB533), ENROLLED -- 'intoxicating hemp product' definition (Ark. 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