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Vermont launched its legal adult-use cannabis industry on Oct. 1, but the businesses involved say there are many challenges to overcome.

Jahala Dudley with a hemp plant Just two years ago, hemp looked like a crop that could inject some life into Vermonts flagging agricultural economy. At Statehouse meetings, entrepreneurs, lawmakers and regulators who were giddy with optimism talked of harnessing the profits of the fast-growing industry for societal good.  One of them was Carl Christianson, who had just set up a hemp processing facility and testing lab in a newly purchased 10,00...