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Compliance resources designed to help smoke shops, dispensaries, vape shops, and convenience retailers understand regulations, age restrictions, product requirements, labeling standards, and responsible wholesale business practices.

Serving retailers since 2001 • 14 Compliance articles • Latest resource added December 16, 2025

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Browse compliance-focused resources covering regulations, responsible retailing, labeling, and wholesale best practices.

How Can You Tell If an Online Store Sells Real THCA Flower? Compliance How Can You Tell If an Online Store Sells Real THCA Flower? Follow along in this exclusive guest post, as our friends at Dr. Ganja go over how to tell if an online store is sell... compliance • 6 min Explore → How The Hemp Derived THC Ban Affects Your Smoke Shop Compliance How The Hemp Derived THC Ban Affects Your Smoke Shop The federal government has just closed the 2018 Farm Bill loophole that allowed for the existence of the legal hemp m... compliance • 11 min Explore → How The US Senate Just Saved CBD In Your Smoke Shop Compliance How The US Senate Just Saved CBD In Your Smoke Shop Heads up! The US Senate just dropped it's pursuit of a hemp ban in regards to the 2018 Farm Bill, saving the entire l... compliance • 13 min Explore → The Texas THC Ban And Your Smoke Shop Compliance The Texas THC Ban And Your Smoke Shop Heads up! The Texas House just signed off on an amendment banning ANY and ALL products that contain THC. This closes ... compliance • 10 min Explore → The Hempire Strikes Back: A Fall 2024 Farm Bill Update Compliance The Hempire Strikes Back: A Fall 2024 Farm Bill Update The peace of the 2018 Farm Bill is under attack! That's right Got Vape Wholesale has gone out and gotten you all of t... compliance • 10 min Explore → Buyer Beware! Amazon Hemp Gummies Are Blatant Fraud Compliance Buyer Beware! Amazon Hemp Gummies Are Blatant Fraud Much like the rain forests they are based on, Amazon is full of dangerous poisons, schemes, and tigers! Okay scratch ... compliance • 9 min Explore → How the Rescheduling of Cannabis Affects Your Smoke Shop Compliance How the Rescheduling of Cannabis Affects Your Smoke Shop Heard about the recent rescheduling of cannabis from I to III at the federal level? So have we, that's why in this Go... compliance • 8 min Explore → Updated Arizona D8 Laws - What it Means for Your Shop Compliance Updated Arizona D8 Laws - What it Means for Your Shop Editor's note (June 2026): As of now, the Attorney General opinion described here still guides Arizona enforcement: o... compliance • 6 min Explore → What the Florida Delta 8 Ban Means for Your Smoke Shop Compliance What the Florida Delta 8 Ban Means for Your Smoke Shop The Government of Florida is poised to enact a legal ruling banning the sale of Delta 8. Check out our breakdown of w... compliance • 5 min Explore → What the STATES Act 2.0 Would Mean for Your Smoke Shop Compliance What the STATES Act 2.0 Would Mean for Your Smoke Shop The STATES Act 2.0, by removing cannabis from the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), brings signif... compliance • 2 min Explore → Understanding Smoke Shop Taxes: Navigating Financial Regulations Compliance Understanding Smoke Shop Taxes: Navigating Financial Regulations Get guidance for your smoke shop, covering everything from business structure to local regulations. Lear... compliance • 3 min Explore → Selling Delta-8 and Delta-10 in Georgia: What the Law Requires Compliance Selling Delta-8 and Delta-10 in Georgia: What the Law Requires Georgia has recently authorized the sale of Delta 8 and Delta 10 products, creating numerous promising opportunit... compliance • 2 min Explore → Vaping and the Teenage Market: Preventing Underage Sales in Your Store Compliance Vaping and the Teenage Market: Preventing Underage Sales in Your Store Discover effective strategies for preventing underage sales at your smoke shop, including implementing robust age ver... compliance • 3 min Explore → The 2023 Farm Bill and CBD: What It Meant for Smoke Shops Compliance The 2023 Farm Bill and CBD: What It Meant for Smoke Shops Discover how the 2023 farm bill could influence CBD usage and its implications for Smoke Shop businesses. Uncover wha... compliance • 2 min Explore →

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We regularly publish new Compliance resources as products evolve and new devices launch. The most recent Compliance resource was published on December 16, 2025.
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