A recent change in the federal definition of hemp is sending shockwaves through an entire Vermont industry, state regulators say. In Vermont, hemp product vendors range from small shops selling body lotions to high-volume seltzer operations. State lawmakers passed Act 178 earlier this year, which helped clarify a path for hemp sales to continue within Vermont, Pepper said. Like many similar vendors in Vermont, McCann uses “full spectrum” CBD products, which incorporate unaltered extracts from hemp. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, has expressed a desire to protect consumer access to full-spectrum hemp products and to reschedule cannabis itself as a less dangerous drug.